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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Saravanan
  • Rated 1 stars

Dump Atlas Shrugged and its intellectual snobbery. Read "Origin of Virtues" by Matt Ridley in stead. You'd do yourself loads of good. [br/][br/]Ridley has the advantage of several more years of science/thinking, has done his research thoroughly and, most importantly, is very aware of his limitations.

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  • Fu Manchu

    fu manchu said:

    if length was a factor in anything it would be in the length of your sentence Fu Manchu knows

    posted 2 weeks ago ( | view 1 reply )
  • Mycroft

    mycroft said:

    Well that was a long book and I was glad to discover that it is one of the longest novels ever written.

    posted 3 weeks ago
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    beginning to wonder if we should take this discussion/name calling/ street fight elsewhere... the good folks who jsut want to read a book and then offer a polite comment are probably feeling a bit flooded out at the moment.

    my good doc, not saying you are or are not racist, but your position certainly doesnt prevent you from being racist. in american we have racist at the top, the middle and at the bottom of the heap. i gather from an indian perspective, you have no appreciaition for a caste/class system that prevents certain segments of society from accessing all the benefits offered to other sections?

    posted Thursday, June 19 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Linda B

    linda b said:

    I consider this to be my favorite book. I've read it twice. The second time I did was because I remembered how good I felt after the first time reading it. I probably will again. The way Rand depicts the effects of "selflessless" in society is nothing less than brilliant. I highly recommend this to everyone. Do not let the size of it put you off...you won't want it to end.

    posted Thursday, June 19 2008
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet said:

    speaking of geography, i notice that of the 30 states where the libertarians are on the ballot and mostly in the south and the west, where race tends to be at least more openly an acceptable reason to treat people differently (not that i am saying new england and the rust belt are less racist, only less obvious about it), also, somehow ron paul and bob barr dont inspire me as racist justice and open borders candidates.

    posted Wednesday, June 18 2008
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