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Z ZuluMagoo Tiki Socialite Denver, CO Joined: Jun 26, 2002 Posts: 492	Z ZuluMagoo Posted posted on Fri, Oct 7, 2005 8:41 PM Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I re-read it every few years, best thing I've ever read. It is an economics textbook about capitalism written as a fiction story. You can't help from getting sucked into the story and rooting for the main characters while their world comes crashing down around them. It will take you a while to finish the 1200+ pages. The story is set in the 1930's, 1940's (the time frame is intentionally ambiguous) and focuses on Dagny Taggart, a female vice president of the country's largest transcontinental railroad company. It takes place in a world where people have lost all respect for those with skill and ambition, and for this reason, all of the most talented people in America go on strike. All of the most intelligent people start disappearing from industries, and Dagny, as well as the rest of the world, have to figure out how to deal with it. Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club. All that said, Atlas Shrugged is not for everybody. It has very strong political, philosophical, and moral undertones. You will either love it or hate it. "Who is John Galt?"

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I re-read it every few years, best thing I've ever read. It is an economics textbook about capitalism written as a fiction story. You can't help from getting sucked into the story and rooting for the main characters while their world comes crashing down around them. It will take you a while to finish the 1200+ pages.

The story is set in the 1930's, 1940's (the time frame is intentionally ambiguous) and focuses on Dagny Taggart, a female vice president of the country's largest transcontinental railroad company. It takes place in a world where people have lost all respect for those with skill and ambition, and for this reason, all of the most talented people in America go on strike. All of the most intelligent people start disappearing from industries, and Dagny, as well as the rest of the world, have to figure out how to deal with it.

Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club.

All that said, Atlas Shrugged is not for everybody. It has very strong political, philosophical, and moral undertones. You will either love it or hate it.

"Who is John Galt?"

Post #191226 by ZuluMagoo on Fri, Oct 7, 2005 8:41 PM