Atlas Shrugged

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  Ayn Rand was born 100 years ago today, on February 2, 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia. As the daughter of a Jewish shopkeeper, young Ayn and family were pretty fortunate to have escaped straight up extermination during the communist revolution. As it w ... (read full critics)

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  Great book. Everyone should own it. (and read it)

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  Jaemi K said on Oct 10, 2006 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Although the characters can feel like caricatures at times, this book changed the way that I think in many respects and has been a great motivator in my research, particularly when times are tough. One of my favorite books and would be included on any trip to a desert island.

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  Joey Doll said on Mar 17, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Atlas Shrugged is preachy, forced, spectacularly anti-feminist, and a failure as a work of fiction (in that the fiction is but a vehicle for the sermons in which Rand lectures her readers through her characters). However, it deserves a certain amount of recognition for managing to maintain ( ... (continue)

  Atlas Shrugged is preachy, forced, spectacularly anti-feminist, and a failure as a work of fiction (in that the fiction is but a vehicle for the sermons in which Rand lectures her readers through her characters). However, it deserves a certain amount of recognition for managing to maintain (some) readers' interest in the author's ideology for over one thousand pages.

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  matthew said on Jan 6, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Stunning . A page - turner that also makes you think about society , man , relationships and political issues . A novel that deserves all the hype surrounding it.

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  Daniellelail said on Aug 22, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Brilliant

  I have heard about Ayn Rand for a long time and usually in association with the genre Steampunk. Since my novel The Quest for the Last Crimefighter became available at Lulu.com and is in the Steampunk genre, I figured I owed it to myself to finally read the work of the woman said to have been the i ... (continue)

  I have heard about Ayn Rand for a long time and usually in association with the genre Steampunk. Since my novel The Quest for the Last Crimefighter became available at Lulu.com and is in the Steampunk genre, I figured I owed it to myself to finally read the work of the woman said to have been the inspiration for it. Atlas Shrugged is a large, well all right, a huge book that is intimidating when seen. I picked up the 50th Anniversary copy, which is really the 35th Anniversary edition re-issued. From the first page, her words caught me up in a descriptive world like I've never read before. The way she brings the smallest things to life with her words is refreshing and absolutely astounding to read. The thought she had put into her every thought and then into this book, leaves nothing to the imagination except to picture the world she has created and it is breath-taking when you do. Take the time to read Atlas Shrugged, read it slowly, get every word and become a fan of Ayn Rand.

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  Bradley S. Hartman said on May 4, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  This book is great, for me it was very inspirational.

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  J. Pablo Fernández said on Apr 29, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Audio CD
• Edition: MP3
• ISBN-10: 0786194014
• ISBN-13: 9780786194018
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2002
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, Norske Bøker, Polskie Książki, Svenska böcker

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