Anyone read / listen to Atlas Shrugged?

[ruffryder]

I have been listening to the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Man it can be a hard book to listen through... it is interesting though. Some of my perceptions of the book based on peoples comments are different then how I view the book. Though I am only about 1/3 of the way through it.

The fountain head is next, after I finish up Frederic Bastiat's "The Law".

Anyone else read the book? What did you think about it?

 

[Mafesto]

I believe it's coming out as a movie.

 

[xrated]

I read it


I agree with parts and disagree with parts about equal.


To be honest by the last half I was skipping large sections when it was another John Galt speech because they all were about the same.

 

[ruffryder]

I believe it's coming out as a movie.

The first part is already out, second part is coming out soon.

I heard the movies suck though.. a lot of the edginess and thought provoking points of the book are left out..

I think I am about half way through... the guy you makes the cool steel just got indited.

 

[trigger fish]

The movie will never be as good as the book and the Book is WAY to long to fit into a movie (even if that movie is 3 parts)

I loved the book and I do like the movie. Is the movie missing alot? Of course.

But I cant wait for part 2 to come out and then part 3. I feel like the movie is a HUGE eye opener for thoes that cant fight there way through the book.

http://www.atlasshruggedmovie.com/

coming out 10-12-12

 

[ruffryder]

I am about 3/4 of the way through it. It seems that there is a society group missing from the book. They have everyone but the greedy ( in a bad way) businessman / woman that doesn't use govt for their benefit.

Anyone else get the same thing?

 

[christopher]

Rand's political views, reflected in both her fiction and nonfiction work, emphasize individual rights (including property rights) and laissez-faire capitalism, enforced by a constitutionally limited government.

She was a fierce opponent of all forms of collectivism and statism, including fascism, communism, socialism, and the welfare state, and promoted ethical egoism while rejecting the ethic of altruism.

She considered reason to be the only means of acquiring knowledge and its advocacy the most important aspect of her philosophy, stating, "I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows."

 

[christopher]

You might enjoy this..

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[xrated]

I walked away liking some of her stuff, but my beliefs and faith caused me to disagree with a fair share of it as well.

 

[ruffryder]

Finally finished it.. holy crap that was long.. way too long.

When John Gault is giving his speech I was thinking "I bet the people in the story would change the channel from boredom". I skipped a bunch of it.

Best part of the book besides the interesting story and hypotheticles was the story about the beginning of John Gault told by the tramp that Dagney picks up on the train, the story about the beginning of it all. About how people turned on themselves and each other.

The whole book could be summed up with just that story.

Now on to the Fountainhead (crap another 29 hours!!!) after I finish up Frederic Bastiat's "The Law".

 

[christopher]

I have to congratulate you on some fine reading.
I was a Poly-Sci major, so I had a great excuse.
not many people reading this material these days.
And that's a shame.

While I do NOT agree with her religious outlooks, some of her insights on capitalism and the free market are VERY hard to walk away from.

 

[ruffryder]

I have to congratulate you on some fine reading.
I was a Poly-Sci major, so I had a great excuse.
not many people reading this material these days.
And that's a shame.

While I do NOT agree with her religious outlooks, some of her insights on capitalism and the free market are VERY hard to walk away from.

I cheated, I listened to it while working out and while driving to and from work.

She does make some good points, but they are based on extreme examples. There is some truth in it though.

 

[MSU]

The Fountain Head is way better, I just finished Atlas Last month and was skipping large chunks at the end!