Atlas Shrugged
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- Paperback
- Author: Ayn Rand
- Publisher: Plume
- Release Date: August 1999
- ISBN-10: 0452011876
- ISBN-13: 9780452011878
- List Price: $25.00
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryAt last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback. |
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Needed now more than ever
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The idea that Rand divides society in to "heroes" and "losers" is incorrect. The idea is that all individuals have the ability to command their own destiny. We are not victims unless we choose to be.
Hard to express....
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Firstly, this is a sturdy paperback that I am very rough with and have had no problems.
Secondly, this book is becoming more relevant every day. Her power of premonition is scary. There are also characters that remind us that the human ability to work and create still exists. These characters remind us of the struggle against nature that has occurred generically for thousands of years, and more recently in the United States.
some riveting pages, some story
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after reading reviews here by others, I will stick to the book even though I abhor the enormity of the number of pages contained in this book. I cannot believe that it could not be condensed somewhat. Almost 1200 pages! Surely some of it is superflous and should have been excised. But the reviews on this book will insure that I finish it, even though I avoid books of this size. It is initially overwhelming but these reviews do encourage me to persevere and finish it. Onward! But the first few pages made me think I would not be able to continue, did not capture my attention. It may seem silly to complain about the size of the book but I doubt I am alone in this issue. It does ramble in places but I'm only on page 101.
Atlas Shrugged
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If Atlas Shrugged is made into a movie it should be shot in high contrast black and white. The use of shades, hues and texture would add an aura of reality to the scenes that would render them silly. The setting should be the Gotham City world of a 1950's comic book.
Atlas Shrugged seemed like a 1000 page comic book sans pictures. To bad that Ayn Rand couldn't draw since she could have reduced it to the thirty or so pages it deserves by doing it as a comic book. Like a comic book it is a Miracle and Mystery play for the 20th century, simplifying everything into a parable without conflict.
It would have been refreshing to have seen a real communist in the mist of one of the scenes. As I pointed out in the first paragraph adding a little bit of the color red would have made the scene look silly. All of the characters were Objectivists probably because Rand can not conceive of anybody except one. Whether a protagonist or an antagonist every character moved only in their self interests. True some of them voice clichés but only to provide cover for their selfishness.
The self that Ayn Rand understands is one dimensional. I don't think that she can conceive of a self that is more. Consider a self that is part of the human race with its nobility and frailties. Consider a self that is a citizen of a nation based on the values and struggles of its forefathers. Consider a self that is a believer of a religion which gives them answers for the questions that are unanswerable. Consider a self that is part of a family that gives them a continuity of purpose. Consider a self that is a parent which gives them their chance at immortality. All of these selves would be foreign to Any Rand.
I see all of those selves existing simultaneously in a person and it often leads to conflict. It is from those conflicts and their resolutions that great novels are born. No such conflict is present here. The characters all proceed in their narrow self interests without any comprehension, much less conflict, with the self as a whole.
So why did I subject myself to read it? The answer is that a book allows the reader a glimpse into the mind of the author. In her case so many people seem to be of a like mind that I wanted to understand how they view the world. To that end the book was of use.
In the book I found a perfect metaphor for Ayn Rand's philosophy. It was the oak tree that Eddie Willers remembered early in the book. It was the symbol of strength and stability. When it was laid open by a random bolt of lightening it was hollow at the core. That I believe describes Rand's philosophy; hollow at the core.
A prophetic and immensely important must-read!!
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I will be brief; I will not go over ground already covered by so many others. Atlas Shrugged is one of the very most important books anyone in the current age could read. It's only a shame Ayn didn't live long enough to see the ultraliberal excesses and wrong-headedness of the Obama administration, because then she would truly have known how astonishingly prophetic her writings were. In an age that finds itself in delusional paroxysms of retreat from the whole notion of personal responsibility, we need Ayn Rand's clarity of vision. My only regret is that I didn't read this myself many years ago. But better late than never; this is a work that can change your life. READ Atlas Shrugged!! And re-read it.
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