Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - PDF - velvetfog

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 the book that made most difference in readers' lives after the Bible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_%28Ayn_Rand%29

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angusmcb (2008-03-17)

At least the bible is a good read. Poor Ayn couldn't even get past old Hume's 200-year-old is-ought problem, and inflicted suicidal boredom on millions through this trash. Best laugh I had last Century when she got lung cancer - superwomen obviously shouldn't smoke!

 velvetfog (2008-03-18)

Atlas Shrugged sells 10 to 12 thousand copies per month. It has not been out of print for 50 years.
angusmcb, just stick to your bible.

triton12 (2008-03-18)

the comment about laughing at ANYONE getting cancer reveals a great deal about your character
angusmcb. One could fill innumerable lines of text
w/ adjectives and nouns to describe that character.
no need to.
GOD takes notice of comments and thoughts
such as those you have expressed.
SOMEONE VERY DEAR TO ME IS BATTLING CANCER RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD NOT WISH IT ON ANYONE.

lodger111 (2008-03-19)

Personally I wouldn't wish christianity on anyone either. Look how nimrods like angusmcb turn out.

angusmcb (2008-03-23)

Dear oh dear, must be a few 'round these parts whose humour is as challenged as their perception - must be septics. Reading either religious fairy-stories or amateurish objectivist pap tends to have that effect though. What I find interesting is the apparent connection between randies & god-botherers within US conservatism - much more intriguing than the book itself, which is one of the most tortuously boring pieces of shite written in any language - and like I say can't even pass Hume's basic test.

 velvetfog (2008-03-26)

According to a 1991 United States survey by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club, Atlas Shrugged was the book that made most difference in readers' lives after the Bible.

hymerschmidt (2008-03-28)

best book i have honestly, ever read. it's more than fiction. it's beyond inspiration. anyone who in the least bit appreciates themselves or being human, will thoroughly enjoy this book.
so good that it doesn't require passing standards in order to be successful.

TheBradley (2009-01-28)

Hahahaha. Watch out everybody. Your boss is out to kill you. It's easy to quantify how much death communism and fascism cause both have killed millions and millions of people for the sake of an evil ideology. Capitalism doesn't demand the death of it's people, just there freedom. Many have died for freedom, but unlike communism and fascism, they choose to do so.

USMC4LIFE (2009-06-07)

LeninistStalinist is a dumbass troll and angusmcb is just a dumbass.

philos19 (2009-06-13)

this torrent is funny because normally objectivism would be against torrents. lol

philos19 (2009-06-13)

people how believe capitalism is good have their eyesight narrowed to the pointy end of a pin focusing on their belly button.
people how believe communism is good have their eyeballs stretched out to the back of their head doing 360 rpm.

 big_dad_e (2009-08-31)

Thanks VF!

BuckFugly (2010-02-07)

Objectivists can download Rand torrents if we ALREADY OWN HER BOOKS. We just want quick reference material we can copy-paste from.
The real question is whether or not it is a torrent should exist to Commies who want to read her book w/o buying it (*chuckle!*).
Since you can do that at a public library anyway, there really isn't any conflict.
Oh, and since Capitalism requires an honored, agreed-upon contract b/w two or more people (written or unwritten), it can't be used to force anyone to do anything, much less murder them.
So what's it called when you lie about the nature of your contract? About who is and isn't involved? Or when you put something in your product that shouldn't be there, or pretend it is something else entirely? Or when you hire employees under the condition they do some things, then force them to do other things entirely? Or when you trade favors with politicians for special deals and legislation?
Lying. Fraud. Intimidation. The last one is popularly called "Crony-Capitalism", which is ironic, since no coercion (a role all govt's. perform whether we like it or not) is involved in Capitalism.
So when assholes like LeninistStalinist start quoting people saying how Capitalism is murdering people, they're actually pointing the finger at Hostess and stores that sell cheap stuff. The "crony-capitalists" are seldom mentioned, since they're sanctioned by the State, and usually claim to work for The People.

djankobear (2010-06-20)

@ a1s
Well there is something I'd never thought about before. Thanks for pointing it out.
There should be only one ribbon for 'universal illness', using colours discriminates and causes confusion and jealousy.
White is all colours together in unity and should be the universal illness ribbon. Write your cancer of choice in plain text on the ribbon for reference.

PrettyPistol (2010-06-27)

fyi, smoker lung cancer ribbon is is pearl, while non-smoker is pearl and white..... wtf.
great upload!

adfs8p08 (2010-09-20)

RS232C (2011-05-15)

been awhile that this was seeded, but can anyone re-seed please?

LadyKilligrew (2011-11-11)

How bout leaving out the bible crap and just read it, give positive or negative feedback about the topic and writing, and just leave it at that.

lol9765 (2012-05-01)

Ugh. Terrible book.

faize01 (2012-06-23)

illuminati book

pkx89 (2014-03-22)

"I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people
know my work is done by me. But I can pass that up. I like to have tenants made happy by my
work. But that doesn't matter too much. The only thing that matters, my goal, my reward, my
beginning, my end is the work itself. My work done my way. Peter, there's nothing in the world
that you can offer me, except this. Offer me this and you can have anything I've got to give.
My work done my way. A private, personal, selfish, egotistical motivation. That's the only way I
function. That's all I am."

pkx89 (2014-03-22)

Silly of me to exclude the source there..
The Fountainhead
By Ayn Rand

pk89x (2014-03-22)

"I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people
know my work is done by me. But I can pass that up. I like to have tenants made happy by my
work. But that doesn't matter too much. The only thing that matters, my goal, my reward, my
beginning, my end is the work itself. My work done my way. Peter, there's nothing in the world
that you can offer me, except this. Offer me this and you can have anything I've got to give.
My work done my way. A private, personal, selfish, egotistical motivation. That's the only way I
function. That's all I am."
From: The Fountainhead
By: Ayn Rand