Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, and screenwriter. She is best-known for her two influential novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Rand's first major success as a writer came with The Fountainhead in 1943, a romantic and philosophical novel that eventually became a worldwide success. It was eventually also made into a movie. Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957, was considered Rand's best work. It is a novel of the morality of rational self-interest. In this public lecture, she criticizes altruism and mysticism as incompatible with business.
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"This is quite a find -- something that, to my knowledge, even many Lovecraft scholars have not exhumed or commented on (to the extent they even knew of its existence). If I may say so, Lovecraft would not have been the best narrator of his stories, his voice being a bit too high in the register. Nevertheless, it's fascinating to hear the man's voice, and to listen to him opine on some fundamental subjects. My one reservation is the price --- $12.95, though hardly exorbitant for a novel or anthology, is rather excessive for a 4-minute snippet. Clearly the piece targets the true Lovecraft enthusiast and not the mere dilettante. Caveat emptor! "
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Paul Kesler (4 out of 5 stars)