[mel]

interesting

[txhurl]

bttt

Helpful for those who will never have the free time to read the book before seeing the movie.

[Crawdad]

300 pages.

[Don Corleone]

Should be mandatory reading in all the Blue States.

[HangnJudge]

bttt

[woweeitsme]

pingaroo

[youngidiot]

Mark for later.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

bfl

[SuzyQue]

Bookmark.

[swatbuznik]

I’ve been trying to get through the book for the last year, but it’s so hard to find the time. Thanks!

[Tempest]

Oh for goodness sakes some poor souless greedy little schilll is going to wet himeslef over this...

[RegulatorCountry]

How's it go? "Roark jumps on soapbox again and runs on woodenly for days ... Well, I'll be, Roark jumps on a soapbox again and runs on woodenly for days?"

Don't get me wrong, reading Rand was transformational for me as well and I regard myself as something of a small-L libertarian, but all the elevation of her writing blows my mind. She wasn't among the great authors. Her sphere was in communicating ideology.

I greatly prefer her earlier work, which was rather unapologetically more of a, what, manifesto? Primarily Anthem and We The Living.

[zeugma]

There’s something fundamentally wrong about that. :-)

[freeangel]

saving

[Titan Magroyne]

Why couldn’t this have come out oh about 2 years ago? LOL

Here ya go bud. The movie’s coming out on 15 April, so you have time.

[y6162]

I began reading Atlas Shrugged in 1976.

I’m almost done.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Great link!
Thanks!

Just went to iTunes and found that there is an app for that.

Atlas Shrugged, by CliffsNotes. $1.99.
Looks like a nice app.

[EBH]

The best cliff notes on Atlas Shrugged on the web anywhere!

FReeper Book Club: Atlas Shrugged, Afterword and Suggested Reading
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2316675/posts

[aflaak]

From the analysis section at the link:

Dagny is a model of the spirit and practice of capitalism. She believes in industrial production and profit — hard work and earning large amounts of money. She orders rails from Hank Rearden instead of Orren Boyle because Rearden delivers his product and Boyle does not. Likewise, Dagny will provide freight service to Ellis Wyatt and the Colorado industrialists but not to the destitute economy of socialist Mexico because Wyatt and his colleagues produce but the Mexican economy does not. Jim, on the other hand, is an example of the spirit and practice of socialism. He believes in sacrificing for the "public good" and in giving chances to the little guy, rather than dealing with those already successful. He orders rail from Associated Steel instead of the efficient Rearden Steel in order, he says, to give Orren Boyle a chance. Likewise, Jim builds the San Sebastian Line at a cost of millions to give the impoverished Mexicans an economic opportunity. Dagny seeks to earn profit; Jim seeks to serve the public welfare. Because of their underlying differences, Dagny and Jim clash regarding the San Sebastian Line, the choice of steel companies, and many other things.

Based on this, I have to agree with EBH that Publius' threads - especially with Billthedrill's comments - are much better.

[austingirl]

Thanks for the link!