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Is the 50th Anniversary edition of Atlas Shrugged abridged or unabridged?
The 5oth Anniversary Edition with the blue cover art is an unabridged publication.
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Did John Galt ever contradict himself in 'Atlas Shrugged'?
Repeatedly. He kept saying "we've only one rule" and then telling Dagny of another one. Or he didn't believe in giving his enemies the products of his mind - but then told his… torturers how to fix the machine. (MORE)
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What is 'Atlas Shrugged' about?
Ayn Rand's classic dystopian novel "Atlas Shrugged" is about a society very much like ours today in which the productive people in society - the few people who invent things, …start businesses, and develop new and more productive ways of doing things - are being more and more hampered and taxed in their ability to manage their businesses, and the consumptive class - the politicians, bureaucrats and "moochers" of society - demand more and more effort from the productive few. Figuratively in the story, Atlas, the Greek demigod who carried the world on his shoulders is weary. Atlas shrugs, and drops the world from his shoulders and is freed of his burden. In the novel, the opening line is the recurring question "Who is John Galt?" The inventor John Galt, tired of being taken advantage of, organizes a "strike" of the productive few, and watches civilization collapse around him. It is a fascinating story, well told (except for a 100-page monologue of John Galt's speech, which drags on even by Randian standards) which has become eerily prescient in its depiction of our collapsing civilization. So even though the novel is over 50 years old, it has received intense new interest as a "libertarian anthem". A new movie of "Atlas Shrugged" is currently in production, and should be released in 2011. (MORE)
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In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged what nickname did Francisco give Dagny when they were kids?
He calls her "Slug," the name for a large fire in a steam engine's firebox.
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What is meaning of title atlas shrugged?
The title of the book is best explained by a conversation between Francisco and Hank Rearden. Below is a quotation within Atlas Shrugged from that discussion(Part 1, pag…e 422). "Mr. Rearden," said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, "if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier he world bore down on his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?" "I... don't know. What... could he do? What would you tell him?" "To shrug." There are individuals within the novel who are the great minds and producers of the world. The efforts of these individuals maintain society. In essence, those individuals are the atlas of the society. The question posed within the book is what would happen if these people were to shrug? (MORE)
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What is a atlas for?
An atlas is a book of maps and charts, collected so you won't have to hunt for them individually.
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How many pages in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand?
My copy is 1084 pages. A long read, but a great read.
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What is better the you phone 5c or 5s?
the 5s because it has better service but it dosent have diffrent colrs just silver gold and black
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What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?
20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4
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When did Ayn Rand write Atlas Shrugged?
1957 was when in was first published and it probably took a long time to write that. She could have started as early as 1943 after the Fountainhead.