Too much ranting, it takes her hell lot of time to come to the point. But the points are worth it

Rand should have stuck to less disguised versions of fiction.

This book is a great explanation of why philosophy will be forever shaping our society with or without our choice.

Interesting though I have reservations about the objectivist philosophy.

One worthy reviewer mentioned comic books. But the 1930’s and 1940’s were just like comic strips globally across the board in the highly developed nations. Conformity was structured differently then. (Deepest apologies still for appearing to contradict your right to your expressions).
Loveable characters especially Cheryll (who didn’t get to be united with her group) and Eddie.
Superb treatment of female characters and overall human rights while explaining complex melange interactions. Nothing explicit while still maintains integrity in description of mature themes. In a way it was actually a bodice ripper that was classically classily accomplished. It lived up to most economic tenets. It’s textbook logician.

Finally read it all.

Forty years ago I read most of Atlas Shrugged , but skipped over Galts speech. I was more interested in the story line than her philosophical ramblings. But I did plan to get back to it. Still didn’t like it. At least now I’m done.

Kind of a funhouse mirror of the intellectual giants who came up with the social contract notion of philosophy. It's a bit like a petulant child, crying out that nobody understands anything but her. Reason is good, sure, and I'll even accept that the Attila and Witch Doctor dynamic is an interesting thread to run through the eponymous essay. I just think it's pretty horrendous to call out, in my mind, some of history's most interesting people -- like Hume, Marx, and JS Mill -- although, this being the fourth of her books I've gone through, I can't say I'm surprised.

I read a few titles by Ayn Rand in the 1974 timeframe because a friend was very much impressed by her. My only note upon finishing it: "objectivism & selfishness for those already objective & selfish." Sounds like it didn't make much of an impression on me, or at least that I wasn't in synch with it.

Es el libro ideal para introducirse en la filosofía del objetivismo y del pensamiento de Ayn Rand.
Tiene una introducción a su filosofía y lo complementa con fragmentos de sus principales obras de ficción para ejemplificar y consolidar su pensamiento.
Las mayores páginas son extraídas de su obra cumbre: “La rebelión de Atlas”.

Disgust

Haven't read it for over 20 years. This read is part of my resolution to read all Ayn Rand (probably in a pace of a book every other month).

It's compilation of all Ayn Rand's philosophies. However, reading all her books is better option personally.