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    kubrickian: I like FOUNTAINHEAD better. "Howard Roark laughed." more »
    Bill Farrar: Whenever I think of Atlas shrugged I think of Telemachus Sneezed from the Illuminatis Trillogy. Also I remember reading somewhere that Jack Kirby crea... more »
    TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle: Priceless. Atlas Shrugged devotees say America's wealth builders will never go on strike the way Rand described, but they say a quasistrike is underwa... more »
    Matthew Weflen: Eh, it's better that people read books, whatever their quality (not opening that barrel of fish), instead of watching American Idol or something. It s... more »
    SimonMay: I have never come across an admirer of Ayn Rand who wasn't in fact one of the people who'd have been left out in the cold if her bullshit utopia ever ... more »
    Pouncer: Point of English usage: "takes the reins" It comes from those times not so long ago when we rode horses with bit and bridle, and to take the reins was... more »
    Lee Dickey: For those who do not know, Terry Brooks also wrote a post-apocalyptic trilogy based on his Shannara series. The trilogy is basically a prequel to his ... more »
    ParryLost: In unrelated news, the price of toilet paper has gone up substantially, causing many consumers to look for cheaper alternatives. more »
    lightninglouie: I'm reminded of that old South Park episode where Officer Bar Brady overcomes illiteracy so he can enjoy Atlas Shrugged, only to realize that Reading ... more »
    Damienf519: People are desperate for answers. However, I wouldn't look to a novel for solutions to real world problems. The events in Atlas Shrugged may to some... more »
    twophrasebark: Huh? It's the kind of thinking from folks like Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman that got us into this mess. more »
    russdanger: Ever notice how many sociopaths think of themselves as "industrialists and geniuses "? more »
    Belabras: Bioshock isn't so much inspired by Atlas Shrugged as it is an intelligent response to the Objectivism espoused in this and most of Rand's work. It's ... more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: I dated a guy a few months ago who quoted this book like he'd written it himself - for the record, well-thumbed copies of Atlas Shrugged now freak me ... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: I like to believe they are reading it as a history of how we got here, instead of a prescription for the future. Since Alan Greenspan et al, are all d... more »
  • #apocalypse

    Economic Crisis Pushes People to Buy Ayn Rand Novel

    In the wake of global economic downturn, sales on Ayn Rand's classic libertarian apocalypse novel Atlas Shrugged took a marked jump on Amazon over the past few weeks. More »
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