This article is about the novel. For the film adaptations, see Atlas Shrugged (film series).
Atlas Shrugged
First edition
Author
Ayn Rand
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Philosophical fiction
Libertarian science fiction
Mystery fiction
Romance novel
Published
October 10, 1957
Publisher
Random House
Pages
1,168 (first edition)
Awards
Prometheus Award – Hall of Fame 1983
OCLC
412355486
Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. It is her longest novel, the fourth and final one published during her lifetime, and the one she considered her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing.[1] She described the theme of Atlas Shrugged as "the role of man's mind in existence" and it includes elements of science fiction, mystery and romance. The book explores a number of philosophical themes from which Rand would subsequently develop Objectivism, including reason, property rights, individualism, libertarianism and capitalism, and depicts what Rand saw as the failures of governmental coercion. Of Rand's works of fiction, it contains her most extensive statement of her philosophical system.
The book depicts a dystopian United States in which private businesses suffer under increasingly burdensome laws and regulations. Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and her lover, steel magnate Hank Rearden, struggle against "looters" who want to exploit their productivity. They discover that a mysterious figure called John Galt is persuading other business leaders to abandon their companies and disappear as a strike of productive individuals against the looters. The novel ends with the strikers planning to build a new capitalist society based on Galt's philosophy.
Atlas Shrugged received largely negative reviews, but achieved enduring popularity and ongoing sales in the following decades. The novel has been cited as an influence on a variety of libertarian and conservative thinkers and politicians. After several unsuccessful attempts to adapt the novel for film or television, a film trilogy was released from 2011 to 2014 to negative reviews, and two theatrical adaptations have been staged.
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of MTV's teen comedy series Awkward. Polaha starred as John Galt in AtlasShrugged: Part III, which was released on September 12, 2014. He appeared in...
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