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(2109people)- Atlas Shrugged is a phenomenal work that is exquisitely executed. I highly encourage reading it no matter your political views. I don't like long books, but this was worth it.
- Atlas Shrugged With the number of reviews already written it seems an exercise in futility to write another one but I will forge ahead nonetheless. I am not sure how I missed reading this in high school, but I did. So as an almost 50 year old Christian pastor I come into contact with an Atheist online and we decide to exchange book recommendations and this is how I found myself reading "Atlas Shrugged." Overall, I enjoyed the book. Granted, Dagny's somewhat unsavory relational exploits were not my normal reading fare, but that did not sour me on the book.
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> Rand's character development was excellent. By the time you finish this book you feel as if you know these people. It probably goes without saying that I would not be in agreement with every element of Rand's philosophy, however, there is much to be admired in it. While I would concur with her in the importance of Capitalism and rationality, she takes it to the logical extreme. I did feel that the "sermon" that Rand preaches through the mouth of John Galt is far longer than it needs to be. Everything "he" said could have been said in far fewer pages. <
> I believe it is an important book. Whether you agree with her or not it is a book that ought to be read, digested and even argued with--I think that is what the author would want us to do. - If you haven't read this book you really need to! It is so relevant in today's unsettling and disturbing political climate. It's amazing that it was written in the 1950's.
- Maybe you have to be at a certain place in your life to really appreciate the value of this work. While reading this, and Fountainhead, I never read it as an academic exercise, but for what it spoke to me. Coming from a Christian worldview, and for other reasons as well, I ended up dismissing some of the depth of certain arguments. But, what I found most compelling was the "Whats my value?" content. The concept of interacting with the world from the perspective of "What do I offer" and "how does what I offer spring from who I am", was striking to me. In our society today, as in Rand's time and location, there is so much of the "give me because I need it" or "give me because I want it", and the kind of political organizational networking such as done by Peter Keating and James Taggart to get ahead. The pride of production that comes from drawing from within yourself, overcoming obstacles along the way, and then bettering yourself. These shine through. Now, this may seem like obvious notions, but in the day to day of living in our society, it very often gets lost. There are too many Keatings and Tooheys and Mooch's and Boyles around, and we need to keep our eyes and associations more fully fixed on the Reardens and Galts and Roarks.
- Atlas Shrugged was everything I was told about it. I was not disappointed!
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>A story of what is happening today and what we can expect in the future, told decades ago! <
>Starts slow, but builds quickly! Enjoy!
