/lit/ - Literature

I'll commit the major /lit/ sin of admitting I haven't read it.
I was mildly curious though and watched some scenes from the movies.

I would hope the dialog and tone of the book is not as cringey.
Like I can tell, there's something here that would be poignant or meaningful in the current times (tyranny of progressive cultural hegemony shaming mega corpos into destroying the middle class), but it just came off as masturbatory.

So yeah, is the book as embarassing?

Somebody on /pol/ suggested it was prescient of the current politic.

so basically the book can be summed to
i got mine, fuck you ?

Ayn Rand beautifully articulates much that is wrong with the world. I agree with many of her solutions.
She showed me many things we need to reject if we are to be free men. It is important to know what bottle on the shelf is poison.

I've re-read it a few times over the years and as a socially liberal, economically libertarian adult, it holds up well. Atlas shrugged is a classic.
The characters are well developed. The story is magnificent. I will forever be greatful to that book. It was the best read i 've had in my life so far.

In the end, it's a fascinating book that paints a picture of a very intriguing alternative version of our world. How you interpret that and what you make of it is probably more a reflection of the reader, than of Rand or the merit of the work itself.

When does it get good?

Noir, art deco, strange, bizarre or even surreal architecture?

>>13429805
Atlas Shrugged

Or is there already one?

Is this worth reading? My girlfriend is pestering me to read it but I've heard Rand is not a good writer.

I'm with you OP. Here's my favorite nonfiction

Want to read this shit very hard , what am in for ?

Getting around to reading some philosophy books and realizzed atlas shrugged is like 1000 pages anyone give me a quick summary?

>>12196566
this this this this.
i went from being a self entitled waste of space basedboy to a productive, self-employed man in the course of reading this book. I'd be legitimately interested to hear people's criticisms of it.
my takeaway
>trust in your own mind and your abilities
>do for yourself and do what's best for you. in turn you will make the world a better place for yourself and for those who would be of benefit to you by their pursuit of what's best for themselves (provided it's not at the expense of others)
>using your mind to tackle any problem that presents itself is the greatest feeling man can know
>the "moral" concept of sacrifice is one of the biggest blights afflicting mankind. (It is not sacrifice when you choose to do one thing over another if it's in pursuit of what you desire.)
>no one man has a claim to the fruit of another man's mind, unless voluntarily given.

Whats the /lit/ opinion of Atlas Shrugged? Is it worth the read if it want to understand objectionism? or should I just read Rand's non-fiction

>>525085

This is the book you're talking about.