Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

[Mark Kohut]

In one of the historical pieces about her which I saw, I learned that she moved
into mainstream mass culture in the US in the early sixties. '61 to '63 breaking into 
Time mag (maybe cover?) and Sat Eve Post. They spoke of the cult around her.
 
V.'s Mafia Winsome, sez some scholars or readers (?), is said to be loosely inspired 
by Ayn, right? If so, I think Pynchon's genius for names works here, love the associations of
both words, mafia so telling if you ever went to an Objectivist meeting as I did back in the day.
 
Winsome, Mafia, and Heroic Love 
"The Eskimos, Winsome reflected, consider it good hostmanship to offer a guest your wife for the night, along with food and lodging. I wonder if old Charisma is getting any there off of Mafia.
"'Mukluk,' he said aloud. He reckoned it was an Eskimo word. If it wasn't, too bad: he didn't know any others. Nobody heard him anyway."

 So, is Charisma here
---and we know what TRP would say about Charisma in less than a decade----
Nathaniel Brandon?  

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From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Dave Monroe
<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19280545
>
> http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/ayn_rand_cult.htm
>
> http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Ayn_Rand_cult.html?id=GDBbAAAAMAAJ

The Ridiculous Rise of Ayn Rand

http://www.opencourtbooks.com/books_n/ayn_rand_cult.htm



"The Eskimos, Winsome reflected, consider it good hostmanship to offer a guest your wife for the night, along with food and lodging. I wonder if old Charisma is getting any there off of Mafia.
"'Mukluk,' he said aloud. He reckoned it was an Eskimo word. If it wasn't, too bad: he didn't know any others. Nobody heard him anyway."