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	• Atlas Shrugged (Centennial Ed. HC) Ayn Rand Dutton Adult, 2005 - 1192 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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After One Chapter, You're Hooked!

After hearing repeatedly for years and years about author Ayn Rand's work, centered mostly around Atlas Shrugged, I didn't quite believe the hype. For one thing, in such celebrated books, it usually takes two or three readings to gain an understanding of it's purpose let alone what the characters are talking about in a given scene (such as it is in Lord of the Rings).

To my dismay towards myself, I was utterly wrong.

Rand weaves an unbelievalbe tapestry of logic and common sense in a fictional story that actually describes her philosophy of Objectivism. In the very first chapter you learn so much about the dangers of socialism, communism, and the 'benefit of all at the expense of the one'. Much of society's ills today, related to socialism programs in the United States and abroad, are metaphorically represented in this book written so many years and years ago, to which Rand was obviously foretelling our unstable future. In just one chapter, written so long ago, our society today is summed up and it's not good, not good at all.

Ayn Rand is a superb writer, matching complexity with describing simplicity. You then realize the story, as life itself, is not so complex at all, that its up to individuals and groups that make it that way. Never before have I ever related so closely to an author. I promise you, after one chapter, you will be hooked just as I have, but unlike scientology you won't join a cult.

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Who is John Galt?

If you don't know you must read this book. If only there was someone who could convince the people who make everything work leave their business and let the consequences fall where they may. We could win the war, clean out congress, revitalize business and enjoy ourselves again like the recepients of freedom and our republic should. Read it, it can change your life. I first read it 40 years ago and it hasn't lost its flavor.

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The Dollar is Not Evil

This book should be in every patriot. The book is one of the most rapturing reading experiences I've had in a long time. I read it in under a week, as I couldn't put it down.

The premise of the book is the answer to the question of "What would happen if the producers of the world, the intellectuals, the people holding the country on their shoulders, simply went on strike?" What if Atlas, holding the world on his shoulders while the world cursed him simply got sick of being abused and shrugged the planet off?

Although the book will certainly make you more of a libertarian, I certainly do not endorse all of Rand's philosophy. She does deride religion unnecessarily, I believe, linking Christianity and Communism as if they are inseparable, when in reality they are closer to being exclusive. This book, however, will enlighten any patriot who wishes to be aware of the buzzwords the looters of today will use.

The characters are startlingly dynamic, and much is spoken in riddles. The plot is bizarre, but shockingly realistic, especially at the beginning. The story is all too real until we visit Atlantis, and then it becomes more like fiction.

Some of the greatest parts are Hank Rearden's trial and Fransisco d'Aconia's argument against the statement that money is the root of all evil.

This book is a must read for any intellectual, regardless of political views. Read with your mind, and be open to changing your views about big business, the dollar, and property rights. Don't accept everything, don't believe that there is no middle ground, but DONT burn the book. It needs to be read before the real Atlases of the world start Shrugging.

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Well worth the price of hardcover.

My first encounter with Atlas Shrugged was when a friend passed me a very worn paperback that had been given to him by a friend. I imagine it had gone through the hands of several readers before my own. I was dubious when I first received the book, because I had always attributed the work to the stuffiness of a college literary class. I was pleased to find that I was wrong.

Rand tells an enthralling, complex story as she incorporates her philosophy into the lives and tribulations of the characters she creates. Even though the 60 page dissertation can be cumbersome to read, it still remains a difficult novel to set aside. I read the book in just over a week's time, even though I don't get much time to enjoy novels due to my job. I simply could not put the novel down. Rand is excellent at making her reader think of the question: "What is next?" Dagney and the characters invoking positive change are very likeable; the pompous characters who believe in the status quo are as easy to root against as a silent movie villain.

When I was finished with my paperback, hand-me-down copy of this phenomenal novel, I regrettably had to discard it due to the fact that several pages fell out after the many readings it had worked through before mine. The sheer size of the novel leaves paperback bindings straining- therefore, I was overjoyed to receive this particular hardbound edition as a gift this year. If you are thinking of buying this novel, it is well worth the price to receive years of enjoyment out of a hard bound edition.

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Salve for my sanity

First introduced to this book over 20 years ago, at the ripe old age of 25, I've gone back and reread it every 2 or 3 years.
Is the politically correct, liberally biased, social commentary of the political leadership and elite media making you crazy? Don't feel alone, just read this book and you'll find yourself calm, sane, and with a restored faith in our collective inevitable return to sanity. I'm not going to review the book, it's all been said, and although the final part of the book maybe somewhat farfetched, who ever thought 100 years ago that we'd all have a computer in our homes to do our shopping, book our travel, etc., all at the touch of our fingers? I read a lot of political novels, and commentarys, but this is the ONE book that I can't live without in my personal library, and the FIRST book that I recommend to everyone. I've loaned mine out so many times that I've had to replace it twice in 22 years, but I would do so 10 more times just to help do my part to insure that a few more people stop and think about the consequences of the Socialistic path we are on.
If Ayn were still alive and running for office, she'd have my vote!

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