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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Time Well Spent

A story never more relevant than now, I thoroughly enjoyed the richness of Rand’s writing as much as I did the eloquence of the narration.

Atlas Shrugged

Must read for ever American! An excellent piece that sites and subtlety compares ,( within the story line) the effects and of folly socialism and the difficulty maintaining a Capitalistic society. I loved this book. I was constantly writing down quotes and comparing this to our society today. This book will never go out of style. It’s a constant reminder of the frailty of our society. It’s long and drawn out in some places but totally worth the read

Amazing

Many philosophical points made in an artful way. Much respect to Rand for this masterpiece. The biggest critics of this novel most likely find their categorization with the antagonists Dagny faces. Brilliant.

Just amazing

This is the single best piece of fiction I have ever come across. I can’t even describe it, take your own journey.

Still a towering piece of literature

One of the best audible renditions of a book I've ever listened to. Phenomenal performance by Scott Brick.

Exquisite storytelling with a purpose

The kind of beauty you have to read yourself to believe it could exist in a book.

Ahead of its time.

It’s eerie to read the works of Rand and then understand that her books are over 30 years old. Without such facts, you would’ve thought she was part of any modern day dissident, criticizing the power and wealth grabbing conducted by governments on a daily basis.

Everything down to the formulations and rationalizations they make to steal from the public is almost word for word what people are being told in order to make them tolerate what goes on beyond closed doors.

You don’t have to agree to every moral presupposition in this book, I don’t, to see the logical conclusion of an ever growing state and ever more restrictions imposed on the competent and productive.

One of the best books I have ever read. Would absolutely read it again.

The fact that this book was written so long ago and still holds true to modern day events and happenings, is absolutely incredible.

Re-read Every Decade

Americans would do well to revisit this story throughout their lives. Our country has been taken over by corrupt thieves of non-productive and irrational existence. Ask yourself- am I acting on my own free will, not reliant on the good will of others, and not impeding on the property of others? Most cannot say yes.

If someone can point me in the direction of the gulch, I’d happily go.

Incredibly written

I have read this book 3 times and each time I think I have understood all the details, I understand something new. The Audible of this book was by far my favorite version!