Atlas Shrugged [Library Binding]

Ayn Rand (Author)

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Paw Prints 2008-06-26; 35 Reprint edition (June 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439507147
• ISBN-13: 978-1439507148
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,946,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book made an impact on me!, August 1, 2009

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bernie "webviator" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlas Shrugged (Library Binding)

In case this is your first encounter with this book, It is a fresh story but a continuation to Ayn Rand's philosophy that started out with books like "We the living" where she new something was wrong but could not put her finger on it. She progressed to books as "The Fountainhead" where she could describe the problem quite well. Now in "Atlas Shrugged she has come up with a plausible answer to the problem. In essence your head can work without your hands yet your hands can not work without your head.

The story is not unique but it still holds you attention. The world is becoming more socialized and it is harder for individuals to make an impact without having a multitude of parasites on their back. Some chose to fight, others chose to ignore; some do not have a clue as to what is happening. The world seems to be gearing down is just coincidence or is there some one taking a hand in it. "Who is John Galt?"

I can tell you of my experience with the book. I must have been a late bloomer or just unlucky, because I did not come across "Atlas shrugged" until I was 20 years old. I was in the military and needed some reading material. My younger sister sent me the book. It looks just a little thick to me but I started reading, and reading and reading. I do not know if it was the story or the clarity of thought. Now I saw everything in a new or different light. It felt weird to see the newspapers and politics paralleling the book.

I was in New York (West Point) at the time and three things stood out to this day. This was a public service announcement on the TV "The law says that an apartment owner can not charge more than 30% of what you make" and at the same time the apartment buildings were closing down. The postal carriers went on strike and the military had to deliver the mail. That winter the snowplow drivers went on strike. When the strike was over the snowplows were missing. They found them the next summer in an empty lot.

There is nothing quite as convincing as watching the world and book parallel each other. I have mellowed out some lately. However, I really think that this book should be read by high school age where it would have maximum impact of one's train of thought.

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will change what you want from government, September 27, 2010

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This review is from: Atlas Shrugged (Library Binding)

This book will change the way you think. All the rights and privileges you think you have - think again and see what happens when everyone is entitled to everything and there is nobody left to fulfill those entitlements. This is a huge eye opener to what politicians are promising and what will happen if they deliver (good thing they deliver so little, or we would be in real trouble right now).