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Anthem (Hardcover)
Ayn Rand; Foreword by Anthony Horvath
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In 1958, Ayn Rand, already the world-famous author of such bestselling books as Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, gave a private series of extemporaneous lectures in her own living room on the art of fiction. Tore Boeckmann and Leonard Peikoff for the first time now bring readers the edited transcript of these exciting personal statements. The Art of Fiction offers invaluable lessons, in which Rand analyzes the four essential elements of fiction: theme, plot, characterization, and style. She demonstrates her ideas by dissecting her best-known works, as well as those of other famous authors, such as Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, and Victor Hugo. An historic accomplishment, this compendium will be a unique and fascinating resource for both writers and readers of fiction.
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Anthem (Hardcover)
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Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dark future age of the great
"We"-a world that deprives individuals of name, independence, and
values. Written a full decade before George Orwell's "1984," this
dystopian novel depicts a man who seeks escape from a society in
which individuality has been utterly destroyed. Rand expertly shows
how collectivism (including social programs in the United States)
destroys freedom and individuality. Her philosophy is simple:
"planning" is a synonym for "collectivism," and "collectivism" is a
metaphor for communism and tyranny. This important book should be
read by all who are concerned about the role of government in
modern life. This publication from Boomer Books is specially
designed and typeset for comfortable reading.
Two of Rand's classic novels--"Atlas Shrugged" and "The
Fountainhead"--are collected together for the first time in one
boxed set. Original.
Rarely has a writer and thinker of the stature of Ayn Rand afforded us access to her most intimate thoughts and feelings. From Journals of Ayn Rand, we gain an invaluable new understanding and appreciation of the woman, the artist, and the philosopher, and of the enduring legacy she has left us. Rand comes vibrantly to life as an untried screenwriter in Hollywood, creating stories that reflect her youthful vision of the world. We see her painful memories of communist Russia and her struggles to convey them in We the Living. Most fascinating is the intricate, step-by-step process through which she created the plots and characters of her two masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of painstaking research that imbued the novels with their powerful authenticity. Complete with reflections on her legendary screenplay concerning the making of the atomic bomb and tantalizing descriptions of projects cut short by her death, Journals of Ayn Rand illuminates the mind and heart of an extraordinary woman as no biography or memoir ever could. On these vivid pages, Ayn Rand lives.
In the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, a social movement known
as the "New Left" emerged as a major cultural influence, especially
on the youth of America. It was a movement that embraced
"flower-power" and psychedelic "consciousness-expansion," that
lionized Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and launched the Black
Panthers and the Theater of the Absurd. In Return Of The Primitive
(originally published in 1971 as The New Left), Ayn Rand,
bestselling novelist and originator of the theory of Objectivism,
identified the intellectual roots of this movement. She urged
people to repudiate its mindless nihilism and to uphold, instead, a
philosophy of reason, individualism, capitalism, and technological
progress. Editor Peter Schwartz, in this new, expanded version of
The New Left, has reorganized Rand's essays and added some of his
own in order to underscore the continuing relevance of her analysis
of that period. He examines such current ideologies as feminism,
environmentalism and multiculturalism and argues that the same
primitive, tribalist, "anti-industrial" mentality which animated
the New Left a generation ago is shaping society today.
Between 1961, when she gave her first talk at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston, and 1981, when she gave the last talk of her life in New Orleans, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as varied as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. In The Voice of Reason, these pieces, written in the last decades of Rand's life, are gathered in book form for the first time. With them are five essays by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor. The work concludes with Peikoff's epilogue, "My Thirty Years With Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir," which answers the question "What was Ayn Rand really like?" Important reading for all thinking individuals, Rand's later writings reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. This collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise.
'Atlas Shrugged' is the story of a man who said that he would stop
the motor of the world - and did. It is a mystery, not about the
murder of a man's body, but about the murder, and rebirth, of a
man's spirit.
The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of
Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her
immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of
intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as
unyielding as granite...of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely
beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst
enemy...and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged
society against a great creator. As fresh today as it was then,
Rand's provocative novel presents one of the most challenging ideas
in all of fiction-that man's ego is the fountainhead of human
progress... "A writer of great power. She has a subtle and
ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly,
beautifully, bitterly...This is the only novel of ideas written by
an American woman that I can recall."-The New York Times
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The controversial classic work of one individual's will versus the
subjugation of society-now available as a compelling graphic novel.
In all that was left of humanity there was only one man who dared
to think, seek, and love. He, Equality 7-2521, would place his life
in jeopardy. For his knowledge was regarded as a treacherous
blasphemy. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word..."I."
Today man's mind is under attack by all the leading schools of philosophy. We are told that we cannot trust our senses, that logic is arbitrary, that concepts have no basis in reality. Ayn Rand opposes that torrent of nihilism, and she provides the alternative in this eloquent presentation of the essential nature--and power--of man's conceptual faculty. She offers a startlingly original solution to the problem that brought about the collapse of modern philosophy: the problem of universals. This brilliantly argued, superbly written work, together with an essay by philosophy professor Leonard Peikoff, is vital reading for all those who seek to discover that human beings can and should live by the guidance of reason.
A remarkable series of lectures on the art of creating effective nonfiction by one of the 20th century's most profound writers and thinkers--now available for the first time in print. Culled from sixteen informal lectures Ayn Rand delivered to a select audience in the late 1960s, this remarkable work offers indispensable guidance to the aspiring writer of nonfiction while providing readers with a fascinating discourse on art and creation. Based on the concept that the ability to create quality nonfiction is a skill that can be learned like any other, The Art of Nonfiction takes readers through the writing process, step-by-step, providing insightful observations and invaluable techniques along the way. In these edited transcripts, Rand discusses the psychological aspects of writing, and the different roles played by the conscious and unconscious minds. From choosing a subject to polishing a draft to mastering an individual writing style--for authors of theoretical works or those leaning toward journalistic reporting--this crucial resource introduces the words and ideas of one of our most enduring authors to a new generation.
Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex.
Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life - from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy... to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction... to the philosopher who becomes a pirate... to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad... to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels.
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller.
Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the
philosophy that holds human life--the life proper to a rational
being--as the standard of moral values and regards altruism as
incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of
his survival, and with a free society.
More than 1.3 million copies sold
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Anthem (Hardcover)
Ayn Rand
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A new generation has discovered that Anthem, is more socially
relevant today that it was when it was written sixty years ago.
Anthem is the classic story about the consequences of social
collectivism and the importance of individualism.
Anthem was first published in hardcover by Caxton Press in 1953
and is now in its twelfth printing. Anthem has been described as
"one of the most beautiful prose poems ever written."
Her first major literary success, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is an
exalted view of her Objectivist philosophy, portraying a visionary
artist struggling against the dull, conformist dogma of his peers;
a book of ambition, power, gold and love, published in Penguin
Modern Classics. Architect Howard Roark is as unyielding as the
granite he blasts to build with. Defying the conventions of the
world around him, he embraces a battle over two decades against a
double-dealing crew of rivals who will stop at nothing to bring him
down. These include, perhaps most troublesome of all, the ambitious
Dominique Francon, who may just prove to be Roarke's equal. This
epic story of money, power and a man's struggle to succeed on his
own terms is a paean to individualism and humanity's creative
potential. First published in 1943, The Fountainhead introduced
millions to Rand's philosophy of Objectivism: an uncompromising
defence of self-interest as the engine of progress, and a jubilant
celebration of man's creative potential. Ayn Rand (1905-1982), born
Alisa Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to America
with her family in January 1926, never to return to her native
land. Her novel The Fountainhead was published in 1943 and
eventually became a bestseller. Still occasionally working as a
screenwriter, Rand moved to New York City in 1951 and published
Atlas Shrugged in 1957. Her novels espoused what came to be called
Objectivism, a philosophy that champions capitalism and the
pre-eminence of the individual. If you enjoued The Fountainhead,
you might like Rand's Atlas Shrugged, also available in Penguin
Modern Classics. 'In The Fountainhead power, greed, life's grandeur
flow hot and red in thrilling descriptions' London Review of Books
'Ayn Rand is a writer of great power... she writes brilliantly,
beautifully, bitterly' The New York Times
He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he
dared to fall in love. In an age that had lost all trace of science
and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge.
But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was
marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin:
standing out from the mindless human herd. Ayn Rand's classic tale
of a dystopian future of the great "We"--a world that deprives
individuals of a name or independence--anticipates her later
masterpieces, "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged."
This seventy-fifth anniversary edition of "Anthem," celebrating
the controversial and enduring legacy of its author, features an
introduction by Rand's literary executor, Leonard Piekoff, which
includes excerpts from documents by Ayn Rand--letters, interviews,
and journal notes in which she discusses "Anthem." This volume also
includes a complete reproduction of the original British edition
with Ayn Rand's handwritten editorial changes and a Reader's Guide
to her writings and philosophy.
In Ayn Rand's novels you have found more than great works of
art--you have found a philosophy of reason.
"I had to originate a philosophical framework of my own, because my
basic view of man and of existence was in conflict with most of the
existing philosophical theories. In order to define, explain, and
present my concept of man, I had to become a philosopher in the
specific meaning of the term."--Ayn Rand
"Now available for further reading on Rand's philosophy: "Objective
Communication" by Leonard Piekoff."
Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is increasingly influencing
the shape of the world from business to politics to achieving
personal goals. In "Objective Communication," Peikoff explains how
you can communicate philosophical ideas with conviction, logic,
and, most of all, reason.
"Also available from Penguin: an enhanced edition/app""of" Atlas
Shrugged.
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