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Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback.

With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
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greenmom
  • Rated 4 stars

“Socialists beware: you will not relish this book. I think that is the main reason I loved this book so much. Sometimes the truth hurts people. This book was a fascinating read and glimpse into the mind of a great, visionary author. Rand is a ruthless exposer of things as they really are, although I'd hate to be her child =).”

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7 of 13 members found this review helpful.
Theophania
  • Rated 2 stars

“I once heard Gloria Steinem say that Ayn Rand was smart, but had no sense of humor. After reading this, I can believe she didn't have a sense of humor. I can't imagine she was that smart--at least about human nature. The people who really think that Ayn Rand's view of Utopia would really work are seriously naive or possibly mentally ill. Atlas Shrugged is mildly intresting as a story, though overlong. As a blueprint for Utopia it is laughable.”

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  • Rated 4.241529 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • Bob S

    bob s said:

    “Is this the book that has a great dialogue on the true value of money?”

    posted Sunday, May 31 2009 ( | view 2 replies )
  • JPurves

    jpurves said:

    “Officer Barbrady: Yes, at first I was happy to be learning how to read. It seemed exciting and magical, but then I read this Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I read every last word, and because of this shit, I am never reading again.”

    posted Wednesday, May 27 2009 ( | view 2 replies )
  • B. A.

    b. a. said:

    “He was just being nonchalant.”

    posted Wednesday, May 6 2009 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Miles F

    miles f said:

    “What Rand wrote about—which once seemed unlikely to actually happen—is in fact happening. There was even a story recently about a bank CEO who had not wanted any bailout money but when his bank was forced to accept it, and it turned out that there were too many strings attached, he resigned—shades of John Galt?

    As to Victor P’s observation that this book is about corporations controlling the government, I think that Rand raises the question of which is controlling which. At some points it seems ambiguous, but near the end of the novel the government takes over. Also, let us not forget that Rand indicts Big Labor along with Big Government and Big Business. The Jimmy Hoffa-like labor leaders in this novel wait until the government takes over business and then Big Labor takes over the government. Today, Big Labor seems like such a junior partner to Big Government and Big Biz that this doesn’t seem so likely, but events might force us to learn whether or not Rand was right about this, too.

    The comparison and contrast between Rand’s President Thompson and our President Obama is intriguing. Thompson is transparently an empty suit with zero charisma; Obama’s charisma covers the fact that he might be more of an empty suit than voters will ever realize. As our economy collapses, Obama might never be blamed even if his actions can be demonstrably shown to have contributed to it.”

    posted Saturday, April 4 2009
  • Caleb R

    caleb r said:

    “I thought the characters were great...more like extreme, archetypal representations than real people, but I'm ok with that. It was nice to read a novel where people were actually competent.”

    posted Tuesday, November 25 2008 ( | view 1 reply )

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