Atlas Shrugged

By: Ayn Rand

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 62 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand’s magnum opus: a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey of five thousand people conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club in 1991.

In a scrap heap within an abandoned factory, the greatest invention in history lies dormant and unused. By what fatal error of judgment has its value gone unrecognized, its brilliant inventor punished rather than rewarded for his efforts?

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. In defense of those greatest of human qualities that have made civilization possible, he sets out to show what would happen to the world if all the heroes of innovation and industry went on strike. Is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battle not against his enemies but against those who need him most? Why does he fight his hardest battle against the woman he loves? The answers will be revealed once you discover the reason behind the baffling events that wreak havoc on the lives of the amazing men and women in this remarkable book.

Tremendous in scope and breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is Ayn Rand's magnum opus, which launched an ideology and a movement. With the publication of this work in 1957, Rand gained an instant following and became a phenomenon. Atlas Shrugged emerged as a premier moral apologia for capitalism, a defense that had an electrifying effect on millions of readers (and now listeners) who had never heard capitalism defended in other than technical terms.

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One of the greatest works of our time

This is the most enjoyable audiobook I have ever listened to. The story is compelling and has it all. Narration is top notch! There are many life lessons to be learned from this book as well. Highly recommend!

Remove your shoes you are standing on Holy Ground 😊

It has to be experienced over and over to really start the lessons offered. Enjoy 😉

Excellent

A great listen with a superb story and message. Rand is a titan of literature and philosophy.

The story is so timeless

One of the best books ever written! This was my second time reading it and was even better this time around.

Seems to be prophetic for current times

This is the longest book I’ve ever listened to, but it was well worth it!

Great Writing, Rand Was Definitive

I love this version of the Rand classic. Scott Brick is perfect for the passionate tale of human greatness and folly. Anthem is my personal favorite by Rand but Atlas Shagged is a towering creation. Plunge in and consider the cold logic of the infamous positivist philosopher.

This book is prophetic and the beat book ever!

Rand setup up a scenario of global proportion s that anyone with eve. the smallest. rain will see rhe parallels to our current geopolitical disaster we call the United States.
I have kiste ed to it ive r30 times, and have yet to become bored with it. it should be mandatory in all high schools today.
cheers, enjoy 😉
Who is John Galt!

The author’s seemingly prediction of the future.

Looking at society now in 2023, it would appear that Ayn Rand had a crystal ball. This should be required reading in high schools everywhere.

A beacon of hope, morality, values and sexuality.

The looters have won. Ayn Rand, Aristotle, and the other philosophers that preach practical thought and analytical mind over everything else, have being reduced to jokes. Virtue signaling is king amongst today's youth and this novel shows exactly where we are heading.
And if you think this is a fictional cautionary tale, we now know 100% that she was right. Communism's end was exactly like that in Europe, down to the T.
Now in a western country near you...
Read it and get red-pilled.
Don't, and continue to be as you were.

Don’t read unless you are a true capitalist

Overly verbose, but bearable. At the end of her life, she relied on government assistance, and that’s the ultimate bony.