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"Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:14 pm
by Chris OConnor
SparkNotes.com
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/atlasshrugged/
Free study guide for
Atlas Shrugged and other great books.
CliffsNotes.com
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/ ... mmary.html
Another free study guide for
Atlas Shrugged.
Wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged
Analysis of the novel,
Atlas Shrugged.
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/045201 ... ktalk08-20
Buy Atlas Shrugged in paperback on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ce ... in_title_0
Or in Kindle edition on Amazon.com.
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
http://essaycontest.aynrandnovels.com/A ... theme=blue
Atlas Shrugged page on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/AtlasShrugged
I'll post there and try to pull in some new members. If you can think of a way to get more people involved in this discussion please share it or go ahead and attempt it.
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:14 pm
by lindad_amato
An interesting biography was written about Rand by Barbara Branden. It is called The Passion of Ayn Rand. Barbara was the wife of Nathaniel Brandon and a member of Rand's elite inner circle along with her husband and Alan Greenspan.
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:18 pm
by Chris OConnor
Thanks, lindad_amato.
I've read much of her non-fiction but never any of her fiction. I just downloaded
Atlas Shrugged and am excited to finally tackle this classic.
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2012 4:24 pm
by lindad_amato
More of interest
Amazon.com: My Years with Ayn Rand (9780787945138): Nathaniel ...
http://www.amazon.com/Years-Ayn...Natha ... 0787945137
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZUKJjgCqg
The Benefits and Hazards of the Philosophy of Ayn Rand
mol.redbarn.org/.../NathanielBranden/BenefitsAndHazards.html
http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/bio/brandens.html
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:29 am
by LanDroid
Robert Tulip shared this free link, 6 meg .pdf, I'm gonna try to link it to my reader...
http://www.mises.ch/library/Rand_AtlasShrugged.pdf
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:18 pm
by heledd
Not sure what to do. Amazon UK are offering something called a 'quicklet' bundle. Atlas Shrugged,The Fountainhead, The Virtue of Selfishness and more. Probably abridged versions? Not a bad price, though
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:07 pm
by LanDroid
The Virtue of Selfishness is a concise summary of her philosophy (about 150 pages?).
The Passion of Ayn Rand is a good movie if you want to learn more about her weird private life. Helen Mirren plays Ayn, Eric Stoltz is Nathaniel Brandon, her one time heir apparent and lover who fell from grace, and Peter Fonda is Ayn's hapless husband.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140447/
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:22 pm
by heledd
Not sure I understand. Not got much access to stuff here. Is this fiction or what?
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:59 pm
by lindad_amato
heledd wrote:Not sure I understand. Not got much access to stuff here. Is this fiction or what?
It's a collection of her writings, biography and writings by others about her and her work. The biography, The Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden is a great companion pice to reading Rand's fiction.
Re: "Atlas Shrugged" resources and helpful websites
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:58 pm
by Chris OConnor
heledd,
"Atlas Shrugged" is definitely fiction but it has serious philosophical undertones. Ayn Rand, the author, was a philosopher and the originator of a philosophy called "Objectivism." I've read almost all of her non-fiction but none of her fiction as of yet.