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Summary: Truly a Novel of Ideas ...
Review: I counted two of them. Even a John Grisham novel has at least four ideas.I greatly enjoyed Ayn whacking me on the head with the same two notions every page for over a thousand pages. Whack! Whack! Do you got it yet? You sure? Whack! I want to make sure you got it. Whack! Thanks, Ayn. Prerequisites for reading this book are either a helmet or a naturally thick skull. If you have any respect for the art of writing or any background in philosophy, don't waste your time. If you've read the reviews here, you've read the book.
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Summary: Missing the point
Review: People who claim that Atlas Shrugged is promoting narcissism are missing the point of the novel. It isn't narcissistic to want happiness and personal well-being. It isn't narcissistic to develop a positive sense of self-worth and self-efficacy. It isn't narcissistic to have creative and productive pursuits in life. It isn't narcissistic to have personal integrity and principles to live by. The moral code of Atlas Shrugged is similar in some ways to the ~eudaimonia~ of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Ayn Rand's accomplishment is that she presented a modern variant of eudaimonia.
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Summary: Randroid blather
Review: ATLAS SHRUGGED represents the achievement of total philosophical integration by a rational mind of absolutely unbreached integrity. To the novel's enemies - at least to those who are still (marginally) *human* - I say the following: A is A - and contradictions do not exist. Hold the full context - and check your premises. It's either/or, brother: either the facts of reality - or the whims of a looter. Let your mind and your love of existence decide!
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Summary: Pure Genius.
Review: Anyone who hasn't read this book is 40 years behind the times
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Summary: A blistering assault on liberalism
Review: I've just finished reading Atlas Shrugged and would like to make a few observations for those thinking about reading it. First, you must make a commitment within yourself in order to finish this book. It is very intellectually stimulating and not for those who have a short attention span. This book requires you to think as you read. In fact, I suggest you reread certain sections in order to comprehend even a partial amount of the ideas Rand is trying to espouse (especially Galt's speech). Second, don't expect to read this book over a weekend or a few days. Most people will need weeks to read and understand it. And third, all politically conscious people who consider themselves liberal should read this book. If you're still liberal after reading this, you really haven't understood the essence of the novel. Atlas Shrugged should be required reading for all journalists. Either that or a "liberal" exposure to Rush Limbaugh might make the national media a little more palatable. finally, if someone recommends that you read this book, do so, but have the guts to finish what you start. I also recommend Rand's "We the Living", for a good insight into her motivations.
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Summary: The book that "could have been."
Review: Having been raised in the Soviet Union, I probably relate to Atlas Shrugged better than anybody born and the States. I definitely agree with the main idea of the book that individual freedom is essential for the survival of humanity; and therefore, capitalism is the only moral economic system because it is based on the freedom to produce and trade. This book has many beautiful passages, and I enjoy reading them over and over. What I don't like is the fact that Rand paints everything black and white. The "tunnel catastrophy" episode really struck me. I seemed like everybody who was awake on that train deserved to die because their ideas were wrong. There are many similar episides. The size of the book also had been blown out of proportion. Same ideas are repeated over and over. I think that Atlash Shrugged could have been a great book had it been more carefully edited. Despite some of its faults, I definitely recoment the book, especially to someone who have either lived in the Soviet Union or who is in any way sympathetic with the socialism. If you lived your whole life if in America, consider your self very fortunate. It is still the freest country in the world. Don't take it for granted.
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Summary: Rand was an word painter
Review: This is one of the most beautiful works of fiction that any mind has churned out. The first ten pages convinced me, hooked me and I was her's until the very end. The complexities of the plot, the carefully diagramed way she molded the characters into the story in a way that showed her philosophies best angle...it's beautiful. All of it. If you want at least a compelling story, whether you agree with Rand or not this book shouldn't be ignored but cherished like a good friend. Can you tell that I think highly of this book?
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Summary: Contradictions don't exsist. For all your hypocritical minds
Review: A will always be A. You can't give someone a moral comandment. This book let's you see that there are other intelligent people out there and I'm saying that in a different way that is said by average people. Using reason in every circumstance and never letting people use guilt against you will seperate you from the average.
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Summary: Frightening Foreshadowing...
Review: Does the recent Microsoft ruling seem familiar? It is exactly what Ayn Rand predicted would happen. Even 60 years ago, she could identify the American hatred of wealth and success, the hatred of anyone working or living for his own interests. So Microsoft creates a product that consumers want. For that, it is punished. What the Justice Department is essentially saying to the country is, "You can create a product and sell it, but don't dare be too successful at it." So much for free market capitalism. My only hope is that Bill Gates has read Atlas Shrugged and will close up shop, depriving the world of all Microsoft products. How dare the U.S. government attempt to dictate to him how he must sell his products. Is this the United States or communist USSR?
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Summary: This book should be a must read for every individual.
Review: I take time to read as many Ayn Rand books each year. I find myself intellectually challenged each time,Virtue of Selfishness is a book I carry with me at all times. Ayn Rand was truly before her time,remarkable insights into every corner of the soul of persons and the world. What I would give to have known a person of this magnitude and brilliance. Atlas Shrugged in my opinion is as book to be read over and over so that man does not forget his vulnerabilities and stupidity. Yes, Ayn Rand in my mind is an author who should be in every persons library and read frequently.
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