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» 41 more Favorite Long Books (52) 1950s (73) 20th Century Literature (395) Female Author (464) Books Read in 2020 (1,992) Banned Books Week 2014 (159) Best Dystopias (192) in pursuit of power (10) Read These Too (90) Nifty Fifties (44) Política - Clásicos (88) Shelf 101 (27) Books on my Kindle (92) Out of Copyright (121) Very Very Bad (20) Awful Books (5) 2017 Goal (18) Great American Novels (115) Unread books (665) Favourite Books (1,521) No current Talk conversations about this book. This is one of those books that is so divisive in regards to the quality of the writing or the story. I am not ashamed to say it is a book that everyone should read. Not an easy read my any stretch of the imagination. Consider when this was written and who wrote it. It is frightening in the sense that it could be considered a premonition of what is to come. (  ) Jolene.M | Jul 30, 2020 |  You can agree or disagree with the ideas presented in this overwrought, turgid, and unnecessarily verbose attempt at an epic. I'm not sure there's an effective argument that this needed to be 1200 pages (61.5 hours for those who listened). (  ) buleth | Jul 9, 2020 | Update, today's xkcd: The mouseover of which says: 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.' -------------- I was so very determined to read this, not least because I have acquaintances who live in a day-to-day way with Rand the way some people live with Jesus. You can't get through a meal or a game of bridge or a walk down to the lake without Objectivism coming into play. I thought at the very least we might be able to have a conversation if I learnt some of the rules. Birdbrian asks why reviews of this are always so emotional* Well. I wonder too. But my bemusement is based on the solitary page I read before it went on the got-to-go pile. * http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44663258 ( ) bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 | Although I don't agree with everything, it surely gives you something to ponder over. (  ) Cuchulainn | Jun 7, 2020 | I am glad that I read this, even though I have problems with the book both in terms of the ideas and the writing. Rand made me think about my own beliefs. I was surprised to find that the 'bad guys' were not (just) communism and/or socialism but Christianity. I gather from passages in the book that Rand believes that communism & socialism are outgrowths of Chrisitian philosophy (a bit ironic considering communism's view of religion!). I must say that some aspects of the relationship between Dagny and Hank bother me - such as I also find the whole idea that lots of people would have this concept about working for the good of those with the most need rather than for their own needs very unconvincing. For example, the bank manager in Wisconsin I think that it would be a bit more believable if the different people holding these beliefs didn't express themselves in almost identical words. Or even better, if there was more of a range in their devotion to the idea; it has been a struggle between all or none with no discussion about what different levels of welfare or state support might be and how it might be funded. The final section of the book, Book 3, was disenchanting, disappointing. First there was the problem of Dagny and I also found Dr. Robert Stadler's final  ) leslie.98 | Jun 7, 2020 |
"Despite laborious monologues, the reader will stay with this strange world, borne along by its story and eloquent flow of ideas."  "to warn contemporary America against abandoning its factories, neglecting technological progress and abolishing the profit motive seems a little like admonishing water against running uphill."  "inspired" and "monumental" but "(t)o the Christian, everyone is redeemable. But Ayn Rand’s ethical hardness may repel those who most need her message: that charity should be voluntary…. She should not have tried to rewrite the Sermon on the Mount."  Atlas Shrugged represents a watershed in the history of world literature.  Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article... "We struggle to be just. For we cannot help feeling at least a sympathetic pain before the sheer labor, discipline, and patient craftsmanship that went to making this mountain of words. But the words keep shouting us down. In the end that tone dominates. But it should be its own antidote, warning us that anything it shouts is best taken with the usual reservations with which we might sip a patent medicine. Some may like the flavor. In any case, the brew is probably without lasting ill effects. But it is not a cure for anything. Nor would we, ordinarily, place much confidence in the diagnosis of a doctor who supposes that the Hippocratic Oath is a kind of curse." "remarkably silly" and "can be called a novel only by devaluing the term" ... "From almost any page of Atlas Shrugged, a voice can be heard, from painful necessity, commanding: 'To the gas chambers — go!'" Is contained inContainsHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guide
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Penguin Australia2 editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.
Editions: 0451191145, 0141188936
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