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Since its publication in 1957 "Atlas Shrugged", the philosophical and artistic climax of Ayn Rand's novels, has never been out of print and has received enormous critical attention becoming one of the much influential books ever published, impacting on a diversity of disciplines counting philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political technology among others. Extra than a excellent novel, "Atlas Shrugged" is an abstract conceptual, and symbolic work this expounds a radical philosophy, presenting a view of man and man's relationship to existence and manifesting the essentials of an entire philosophical system - metaphysics, epistemology, politics and ethics. Celebrating the fiftieth year of "Atlas Shrugged's" publication, this companion is an exploration of this monumental work of literature. Contributions have been specially commissioned from a variety of eminent scholars who admire and have been influenced by the book, the integrated essays analyzing the novel's integrating elements of theme, plot and characterization from many perspectives and from various levels of meaning.

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Customer rating is 1 of 5  Incorrect order   2009-12-31
By Salome
Thought I was ordering Atlas Shrugged and it was a "literary companion". That was a disappointment and now I have to order the original novel.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Freedom and capitalism   2009-12-04
By Reason22 (FL, USA)
It's rather amazing that 30 years after her death, more and more people are reading Atlas Shrugged. Some people would say that her writing was terrible. Do you think her terrible writing is the reason why more people are picking up this book? NO OTHER freedom or capitalism writer will stand the test of time as Ayn Rand. She was able to convey her message to the common people. Something that most economists and freedom writers often fail to do. What she accomplished was to make people realized why we must fight for capitalism. It is about freedom and no other system have lifted so many people out of poverty and misery as capitalism. To judge her writing and ignore the great message displays an extreme degree of ignorance.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  Atlas Shrugged   2009-11-12
By Barbara Goodman (Chicago, IL United States)
Regardless of how one feels about Rand's "philosophy" it is inarguable that she is a terrible, terrible writer. Her lack of skill and artistry, her bloated sentences, paragraphs and chapters make Atlas Shrugged something to be endured. If you are eighteen-year old Republican you will love it. If you are, on any level, a discerning reader you will feel cheap and dirty by the second chapter.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  A Helpful Book   2009-09-24
By Christopher J. Grieb (Washington DC)
A very good and helpful discussion of one of the most important books of the 20th century. It has a very good plot summary. Do not read this book until you read Atlas Shrugged.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Glow-in-the-dark hammocks   2009-09-10
By Calliope (Twin Oaks)
Behind every louder-than-life critic of Marxism is someone who never read Marx and, here's dialectics for you, behind every ranting opponent of Objectivism is someone who never read Ayn Rand. Until now. Atlas Shrugged is sure more entertaining than anything Lenin ever wrote ~ namely, sexy scenes. But Rand and the Soviets she hates so passionately do share similar literary techniques. Such as the whole idealist approach to depicting "reality as it could/ should be." Not to mention a very blunt didactic tongue. And let's not forget a definite measure of misanthropic superiority. Reductionist revenge! And why not? Rand came out of the U.S.S.R. Of course, she wanted to turn the tables upon her ideological opponents so why not use metaphors of labor (the strike), liberals (utopian society), anarchists (totalitarian nihilism) and even AA (hitting bottom) to make her "radical" points? But the main deal is Rand is an excellent storyteller and her prose is page-turning. Atlas Shrugged is noir, top to bottom ~ Orson Wells should have done the movie (with Charlton Heston as John Galt) ~ as well as vaguely sci-fi (Robert Heinlein comes to mind). Plus, there's feminism all over the place (Dagny Taggart runs the railroad), polyamory (gets frisky with 3 protagnonists, including Galt) and, even cooler, Galt's motor gizmo, using no fossil fuels, is totally Green. 1957 no less. Some of the pulpier passages, combined with the prevailing atmosphere of bureaucratic defilement and technological horror (Thompson harmonizer, Ferris Persuader) surpasses Orwell's 1984 and even invokes Burroughs' Nova Express. Hot damn. And the climatic action scene which ends the book ~ X-Men meets X-Files. Kitsch-i-licious! Whether or not you subscribe to Rand's deregulationist capitalism (the U.S. railroad system was paid for by taxpayers, you know), this is way more fun than the band Rush who Rand couldn't endure hearing. Rand hated rock n roll. So did Lenin.

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