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  • dragonmegaXX
    ITG playing fur
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Jul 2008
    • 3661
    #1

    Atlas Shrugged

    I've wanted to read this book for a while now, because I heard it was good, plus I wanted to conquer one of the longest novels that there are.

    I'm about on page 700 out of 1060 or so, and I can say that it's easily one of the greatest books I have personally ever read. No, I'm not saying this because "Oooh it's sooo political and supports my views" I think that the actual story line and plot is extremely well done and it has a perfect level of description. It draws me in easily and has a very well done man vs. society and man vs. self theme.

    I actually found myself standing at the foot of my door after getting home from school, and it took me about 10 minutes to realize I was just standing there reading and not even opening the door.

    Has anyone else here read this? If so, what do you think of it?

    I've been recommending it to my friends and I kind of get offended when I talk to my young teachers who have never even heard of Atlas Shrugged or even Ayn Rand.

    To anyone who hasn't read it, dont ask for a plot summary because it would most likely take up a 5 pages of text to try to get a bare bones thing posted.
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    • Teddy_scfa
      FFR Veteran
      • Nov 2006
      • 116
      #2
      Re: Atlas Shrugged

      It's definitely on my list of books to read soon... I read The Fountainhead which was one of my favorite books, and then for an English class I read Anthem which is also amazing..
      Her interviews always entertained me with how she disproves the disapproval of a god while disapproving or something like that haha.

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        • dragonmegaXX
          ITG playing fur
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Jul 2008
          • 3661
          #3
          Re: Atlas Shrugged

          Originally posted by Teddy_scfa
          It's definitely on my list of books to read soon... I read The Fountainhead which was one of my favorite books, and then for an English class I read Anthem which is also amazing..
          Her interviews always entertained me with how she disproves the disapproval of a god while disapproving or something like that haha.
          I'm reading fountainhead next, my classmate told me it's better.
          People stare at me weird when I say Im reading these for fun and not for class xP

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            • Cavernio
              sunshine and rainbows
              • Feb 2006
              • 1987
              #4
              Re: Atlas Shrugged

              I get offended when people agree with Ayn Rand.

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                • dragonmegaXX
                  ITG playing fur
                  FFR Simfile Author
                  • Jul 2008
                  • 3661
                  #5
                  Re: Atlas Shrugged

                  Originally posted by Cavernio
                  I get offended when people agree with Ayn Rand.
                  Care to elaborate?

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                    • dag12
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 468
                      #6
                      Re: Atlas Shrugged

                      Originally posted by Cavernio
                      I get offended when people agree with Ayn Rand.
                      bahaha when I first saw this thread I was going to respond to it with just "lol Ayn Rand."

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                        • fido123
                          FFR Player
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 4245
                          #7
                          Re: Atlas Shrugged

                          From what I already know about Ayn Rand she seems to completely align with my philosophy.

                          Originally posted by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand
                          In metaphysics, Rand embraced philosophical realism and atheism, and opposed anything she regarded as mysticism or supernaturalism, including all forms of religion.[88] In epistemology, she considered all knowledge to be based on sense perception, the validity of which she considered axiomatic,[89] and reason, which she described as "the faculty that identifies and integrates the material provided by man's senses."[90] She rejected all claims of non-perceptual or a priori knowledge, including "'instinct,' 'intuition,' 'revelation,' or any form of 'just knowing.'"[91] In her Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, Rand presented a theory of concept formation and endorsed the rejection of the analytic–synthetic dichotomy.[92]
                          Idk what's stupid about this or is there other stuff I don't know about?

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                            • Cavernio
                              sunshine and rainbows
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 1987
                              #8
                              Re: Atlas Shrugged

                              The only book by Ayn Rand that I knew of is The Virtue of Selfishness that my dad had on his shelves, and from what people say about her ideology in general, is completely counter my own. Her fiction might be incredible for all I know.

                              What I'm actually offended by is how your teachers who don't know who Ayn Rand is offend you. That's pretty ****ed up for you get offended by that. I made that post to troll you as an example of stupid things to get offended by, particularly because I am slightly offended by the fact that you like her fiction, but for no good reason especially because you wanted to avoid the political mumbo jumbo involved in it. It was a stupid, arrogant thing for me to say and think, much like how you think about your teachers.

                              fido: She takes capitalism and, as wikipedia says, materialism to the next level.
                              Last edited by Cavernio; 11-11-2011, 07:35 AM.

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                                • Avree
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Nov 2011
                                  • 16
                                  #9
                                  Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                  It sounds interesting. I would definitely read it. Is it hard to get in to?

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                                    • Avree
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Nov 2011
                                      • 16
                                      #10
                                      Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                      Originally posted by MrPopadopalis25
                                      It's about 565,000 words long.
                                      Words?! Holy crap. Hahaha. I got the thing about the... what was it, 1,060 pages or something??? I hope I can get it the next time I go to the library.

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                                        • devonin
                                          Very Grave Indeed
                                          Event Staff
                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                          • Apr 2004
                                          • 10120
                                          #11
                                          Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                          There is a passage in Atlas Shrugged that is basically 60 pages of a character giving a speech. In that 60 pages, she covers every single remotely cogent or useful bit of information communicated by the entire 1000+ pages of the rest of the book.

                                          There's no reason whatsoever to read more than that 60 page summary unless you want to read about an incredibly mannish woman having an incredibly repressed and kinky sex life, and also incredibly boring information about trains. And a hilarious over-literal and entirely incorrectly presented condemnation of communism.

                                          Also, the thing people find objectionable about Ayn Rand is that objectivist moral philosophy is very critical of everybody who isn't currently both productive and successful, which given our economy right now is a pretty large segment of the population who actually have no real choice in the matter.

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                                            • Reincarnate
                                              x'); DROP TABLE FFR;--
                                              • Nov 2010
                                              • 6332
                                              #12
                                              Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                              There's a reason why objectivism is hardly objective.

                                              Sorry, but I really hate Ayn Rand. Her philosophies and arguments are retarded and I hate that so many people try to use Rand's books as "evidence" of their intellectual breadth.

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                                                • Avree
                                                  FFR Player
                                                  • Nov 2011
                                                  • 16
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                                  Does she force her opinions on the reader? I've never actually read any of her works, so I don't know.

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                                                    • devonin
                                                      Very Grave Indeed
                                                      Event Staff
                                                      FFR Simfile Author
                                                      • Apr 2004
                                                      • 10120
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                                      How can you force your written opinions on someone? You can just stop reading if you don't like what she's saying.

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                                                        • dragonmegaXX
                                                          ITG playing fur
                                                          FFR Simfile Author
                                                          • Jul 2008
                                                          • 3661
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Atlas Shrugged

                                                          If you actually read what I was saying in my post, I was saying that it was great as a novel, not necessarily a political agenda.

                                                          I agree with some of some of her ideals, and disagree with a few, but I am curious what actually makes some of you "Hate her", because she's supporting personal gain and capitalism.

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