Dan Clore wrote:
> Gene wrote:
>> EdAugusts <AugustsBks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:83e23190-cd22-
>> 499e-a395-23e82b01c69f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> But I do know the phrase "Who is John Galt?" even if I've forgotten
>>> now who the hell John Galt is.
>>
>> John Galt was a Scottish novelist and Byron biographer of the
>> nineteenth century who also administered colonization efforts in
>> Canada on behalf of the Canada Company. As an administrator, Galt
>> proved to be incompetent and on being recalled to Britain was
>> imprisoned for debt. Building on this record of accomplishment, Galt
>> went hack to Canada to screw up more land development efforts. As
>> both a literary figure and a guy who boldly went out into the
>> wilderness and Got Things Done, his name obviously suggested itself
>> as a good one for an Ayn Rand hero.
>
> If you're going to write a thousand pages around the mysterious question
> "Who is ---- ----?", you should probably think of an original name,
> rather than that of someone famous.
Here in America, "John Galt" isn't exactly "famous." Prior to Google,
most folks who read Atlas Shrugged didn't know of him (and certainly
didn't care).
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Steven L.
Email: sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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