[Healeys] Green Taxes - Atlas Shrugged

Mr. Bill BN1 at pacbell.net
Mon Apr 7 10:11:16 MDT 2008


Who is John Galt?  Her other books are a good read as well, but this one 
is really her summation.  Read them all in college in the '60's.  It may 
even be a movie:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480239/maindetails

Now back to Healeys :-)

Bill Barnett
'53 BN1 #663

Randy Hicks wrote:
> Atlas Shrugged was a great book. I've read it 3 times and will again  
> at some point.
>
> If you haven't read it, you should. Written in 1957, but so  
> appropriate today.
>
> Wikipedia said:
> Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the  
> United States. It was Rand's last work of fiction before concentrating  
> her writings exclusively on philosophy, politics and cultural  
> criticism. At over one thousand pages in length, she considered it her  
> magnum opus.[1] Also, at approximately 645,000 words, Atlas Shrugged  
> is one of the longest novels ever written in any European language.  
> The book explores a number of philosophical themes that Rand would  
> subsequently develop into the philosophy of Objectivism. According to  
> a 1991 United States survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of  
> the Month Club, Atlas Shrugged was voted the most influential book in  
> readers' lives after the Bible.
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Hicks
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> '53 MGTD
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>
> On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Jody Kerr wrote:
>   
>> I find it interesting, something between this conversation and some
>> stupidity at work triggered me to reread Atlas Shrugged. It was a
>> weekend well spent. If you've never read it, go get yourself a copy.
>> If you have read it, then you'll understand.
>>
>> Between that, and the coffee strength I'm drinking should cause for an
>> interesting day at the office.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Jody
>>     
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