Atlas Shrugged
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One of the best books I have ever read and definitely the longest.
John Galt:shrug:
John Galt is a man disgusted that non-productive members of society use laws and guilt to leech from the value created by productive members of society, and furthermore even exalt the qualities of the leeches over the workers and inventors.
Movie
Film rights to the novel Atlas Shrugged were purchased by the Baldwin Entertainment Group in 2003. Lions Gate Entertainment has picked up worldwide distribution rights and screenwriter Randall Wallace has created a 127-page screenplay from the novel.[19] Angelina Jolie has been confirmed to play the role of Dagny Taggart[20] and Brad Pitt is rumored to be cast as John Galt.[21] Both are fans of Rand's works.[12] According to IMDb, as of September 5, 2007, the Atlas Shrugged project is "Back in development." [22] Lionsgate has hired director Vadim Perelman to direct the film.
John Galt:shrug:
John Galt is a man disgusted that non-productive members of society use laws and guilt to leech from the value created by productive members of society, and furthermore even exalt the qualities of the leeches over the workers and inventors.
Movie
Film rights to the novel Atlas Shrugged were purchased by the Baldwin Entertainment Group in 2003. Lions Gate Entertainment has picked up worldwide distribution rights and screenwriter Randall Wallace has created a 127-page screenplay from the novel.[19] Angelina Jolie has been confirmed to play the role of Dagny Taggart[20] and Brad Pitt is rumored to be cast as John Galt.[21] Both are fans of Rand's works.[12] According to IMDb, as of September 5, 2007, the Atlas Shrugged project is "Back in development." [22] Lionsgate has hired director Vadim Perelman to direct the film.
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While sitting in my library this morning and reading the current Playboy, in the RawData section it states:
"27% of Americans did not read a book in the past year":scared
That is why I am not surprised by not having more responses to your thread:shrug:
"27% of Americans did not read a book in the past year":scared
That is why I am not surprised by not having more responses to your thread:shrug:
To answer your questions, Dawgball. I have read Atlas Shrugged 3 times and, no, it has never changed my philosophies. While I have read almost everything Ayn Rand has ever written, I don't believe in any of her philosophy.
James Taggart would be the character I would relate to the most.
I first picked up an Ayn Rand book because I was a huge Rush fan as a kid. They have an album called Fly by Night from 1975 that has a song on it called Anthem, inspired by Ayn Rand's writing.
I read The Fountainhead 1st, then found her other works. Great writer; but again, I'm not believer in her message.
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Interesting, redsfann. Thanks for the reply.
What qualities of James Taggart would make you say that you relate to him most?
Also, of interest, if you do not agree with an author's philosophies, what would make you read a 1200+ page book three times? I think that there would have to be compelling reason to do so.
What qualities of James Taggart would make you say that you relate to him most?
Also, of interest, if you do not agree with an author's philosophies, what would make you read a 1200+ page book three times? I think that there would have to be compelling reason to do so.
I have two two of her books sitting in my study room (fountain head and atlas shrugged). Will tackle it in late December (atlas shrugged). Both are so long....:shrug:
I read this book a couple months ago, thought it was very interesting, did not change my views I don't think, and I can't say who I would relate to most, but I did like the Ragnar Danishold (sp) character... I kind of thought James Taggart was a spineless guy who was sort of a leech himself...
After thinking about it a bit more, I guess I would relate to Hank Reardon...:shrug:
I was 12 or 13 years old the 1st time I read Atlas Shrugged, and it was a bit too much for me then. I re-read it in college for a class in which the assignment was to read two different philosophical viewpoints, compare them and then choose the one most like your own.
I then re-read The Fountainhead last year and got my wife interested in Ayn Rand's writings; after she read Atlas Shrugged we had this very same discussion and since it had been almost 2 decades since I had read the book, I re-read it to refresh my memory.
Taggert is a nihilist, and I have always found nihilism interesting....:shrug: Not that I AM a nihilist, but I enjoyed reading Nietzsche.
my wife is a big ayn rand fan....fountainhead is one of her favorite books....she also likes rands philosophy on life....
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Holy shit, redsfann!! I'm pretty sure at 12, I hadn't read 1200 total pages!
And on the same line of thinking, I bet there are plenty of adults who still haven't. :shrug:
And on a sidenote, I despise nihilism. So, you can guess, that I had a certain passionate hatred for James during the reading of this book.
This book has driven more passionate response out of me than anything I have ever read.
And on the same line of thinking, I bet there are plenty of adults who still haven't. :shrug:
And on a sidenote, I despise nihilism. So, you can guess, that I had a certain passionate hatred for James during the reading of this book.
This book has driven more passionate response out of me than anything I have ever read.
