[MD] ZAMM in top 100 fave novels of readers

[Michael R. Brown]

Jan -

Others than I were talking about Rand - including you. : )

And yes, actually, there is some relevance: as both a contrast - she's the 
arch-priestess of SOM and an Aristotle-lover (though she would not have 
liked McKeon), and hence valuable as a contrast - and as to some points of 
agreement (see the passage in ZAMM where there's a reflection on how the 
Sutherland-sorts of people see industry, etc. as a death-force.

I'm interested in your book and will check it out in time. I've been saying 
for a while there needs to be more art in the Pirsigian tradition - to get 
it started - and particularly the issues of sex and love and passion need 
more dealing, lest it all be too intellectual and arid. As mentioned, I've 
done my bit in informing the end of my last original book - "She and I: A 
Fugue" with the spirit of the end of ZAMM (and with some very evident 
tributes to RMP) : http://www.sheandibook.com


MRB


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jan Anders Andersson
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:50 AM
To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
Subject: Re: [MD] ZAMM in top 100 fave novels of readers

Sorry Michael

But I don't think that Rand's view on society has much to do with Pirsig's. 
I have never heard any comment from RMP about Rand or the "objectivism". I 
think there is no reason to discuss her writings on a forum that is 
dedicated for understanding the MOQ.

Why not take a closer look at my contribution? It's only 400 pages easy 
reading and free on Apples iTunes iBookstore at the moment: 
http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/money-art-losing-control/id519611956?mt=11

Amazon is full priced, (I don't know how to do to offer free promo's 
there...)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Money+and+the+Art+of+Losing+Control

Jan Anders.