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2. Atlas Shrugged - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Atlas Shrugged (film series) - Wikipedia

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   Atlas Shrugged is a trilogy of American science fiction drama films. The series, adaptations of Ayn Rand 's 1957 novel of the same title , are subtitled Part I (2011), Part II (2012) and Part III (2014); the latter sometimes includes Who Is John Galt? in the title.

4. List of Atlas Shrugged characters - Wikipedia

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   Henry (known as "Hank") Rearden is one of the central characters in Atlas Shrugged. He owns the most important steel company in the United States, and invents Rearden Metal, an alloy stronger, lighter, cheaper and tougher than steel. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Lillian, his brother Philip, and his elderly mother.

5. Ayn Rand - Wikipedia

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   A protester's sign at a 2009 Tea Party rally refers to John Galt, the hero of Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The 2007–2008 financial crisis renewed interest in her works, especially Atlas Shrugged, which some saw as foreshadowing the crisis. [296] [297] Opinion articles compared real-world events with the novel's plot.

6. We the Living - Wikipedia

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   In 1957, Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged became a best-seller for Random House. Its success motivated them to republish We the Living in 1959. In preparation for the new edition, Rand made some changes to the text. In her foreword to the revised edition, Rand declared that "In brief, all the changes are merely editorial line changes."

7. John Galt - Wikipedia

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   Author Justin Raimondo has found parallels between Atlas Shrugged and The Driver, a 1922 novel by Garet Garrett. [2] Garrett's novel has a main character named Henry M. Galt. This Galt is an entrepreneur who takes over a failing railway, turning it into a productive and profitable asset for his benefit and for the rest of the nation.