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To: svcw

lol. Me too.

I did pick up over the weekend Atlas Shrugged. Never have read it and started hearing about it alot the last year and more so picked it up. Um... its huge!!! lol.


12 posted on 07/12/2010 10:43:48 AM PDT by GoCards ("We eat therefore we hunt...")
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To: GoCards
Here's a little something to help you understand the book.

FReeper Book Club: Introduction to Atlas Shrugged
Part I, Chapter I: The Theme
Part I, Chapter II: The Chain
Part I, Chapter III: The Top and the Bottom
Part I, Chapter IV: The Immovable Movers
Part I, Chapter V: The Climax of the d’Anconias
Part I, Chapter VI: The Non-Commercial
Part I, Chapter VII: The Exploiters and the Exploited
Part I, Chapter VIII: The John Galt Line
Part I, Chapter IX: The Sacred and the Profane
Part I, Chapter X: Wyatt’s Torch
Part II, Chapter I: The Man Who Belonged on Earth
Part II, Chapter II: The Aristocracy of Pull
Part II, Chapter III: White Blackmail
Part II, Chapter IV: The Sanction of the Victim
Part II, Chapter V: Account Overdrawn
Part II, Chapter VI: Miracle Metal
Part II, Chapter VII: The Moratorium on Brains
Part II, Chapter VIII: By Our Love
Part II, Chapter IX: The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt
Part II, Chapter X: The Sign of the Dollar
Part III, Chapter I: Atlantis
Part III, Chapter II: The Utopia of Greed
Part III, Chapter III: Anti-Greed
Part III, Chapter IV: Anti-Life
Part III, Chapter V: Their Brothers’ Keepers
Part III, Chapter VI: The Concerto of Deliverance
Part III, Chapter VII: “This is John Galt Speaking”
Part III, Chapter VIII: The Egoist
Part III, Chapter IX: The Generator
Part III, Chapter X: In the Name of the Best Within Us
Coda: Ten Years After
Afterword and Suggested Reading

21 posted on 07/12/2010 10:45:42 AM PDT by Publius (Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
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To: GoCards

I enjoyed it, but the long speech at the end was a chore for me to get through...


78 posted on 07/12/2010 11:15:23 AM PDT by coloradomomba (BO stinks!)
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To: GoCards

Atlas Shrugged made me almost cry with boredom. I wanted to like it. I really did.


92 posted on 07/12/2010 11:22:02 AM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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