1049: Bookshelf

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Bookshelf

Title text: I had a hard time with Ayn Rand because I found myself enthusiastically agreeing with the first 90% of every sentence, but getting lost at 'therefore, be a huge asshole to everyone.'

Explanation

This is a play off the typical "hidden door" in which you pull down the right book and suddenly a wall of books turns into a hidden door. It is most used in spy movies or books. In this case, the book is Atlas Shrugged and instead of a secret passage, the wall swings around and takes you to a message "You have terrible taste".

Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand.

Transcript

[Cueball stands in front of a bookshelf]

Cueball: Ooo, Atlas Shrugged

[Cueball yanks out book only for a click to be heard]

[The entire setup begins to rumble, while the bookcase and a surrounding platform takes both it and Cueball behind the wall]

[The tiny, dark room behind the wall has one thing painted on it]

Wall: You have terrible taste.

[The whole piece of kit moves back to its original position. Cueball stands there mildly stunned.]

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Discussion

Rig this up to the entire twilight section. Problem solved. Davidy²²[talk] 13:57, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Does Atlas Shrugged have any particular relevance to the strip? Alpha (talk) 02:14, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Ayn Rand is pretty controversial, and a lot of people dismiss her books outright. Some of them are an interesting read, though. 217.28.5.48 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)