FReeper Book Club: Atlas Shrugged, Afterword and Suggested Reading

A Billthedrill Essay | 15 August 2009 | Billthedrill

[definitelynotaliberal]

I’m thrilled to hear this. Congratulations!

[Explorer89]

Way to go! Ironically, a couple of days ago I just pulled out the audio version again for some commute fare.

[Misterioso]

Jim Robinson an Ayn Rand supporter? C’mon.

[Publius]

Scroll up to Post #78.

[goodnesswins]

I ordered your new book....I just started reading AS again after @34 years...it will be VERY helpful...good luck!

[headsonpikes]

Congratulations!

I hope it sells like hotcakes!

[LS]

In “Patriot’s History of the Modern World, volume 2,” to 2012, we begin our conclusion with a discussion of the eerie similarities between “Hunger Games” and “Atlas Shrugged.”

[Explorer89]

I can now say with certainty that you have sold at least one copy!

[Billthedrill]

Many thanks! Anyone who has read it, please consider posting a review.

[Tired of Taxes]

Congratulations on your new book!

[Billthedrill]

Thank you! I see we have zoomed to 225,000 on the Best Seller list. Not quite Stephen King territory but what the heck, he only writes fiction...(sob!)

[r-q-tek86]

Just finished reading “Who is John Galt” and I have to say very well done. I have not done a “side-by-side” comparison with the original threads to look for the edits, but it struck me that the book felt “complete” except I kept wanting to “post” observations... habit I suppose.

I see no publishing house. Did y'all decide to self-publish after all?

Are sales going well?

One thing occurred to me while reading the Coda. You say that Ayn didn't advance the story beyond the end of the book, but I have always thought that Anthem was her vision of the post-Shrugged world and the start of the rebirth.

Again, great job and thank you for the mention.

[Publius]

We self-published. The big publishers are only printing books from “bankable” authors that have been in the pipeline for the past 5 years. The industry is flat on its ack. We threw the dice and went with it.

[Billthedrill]

Many thanks! It isn't a very marketable book, actually, because it isn't all that easy to read and neither was Atlas Shrugged. You can't encounter ideas of that magnitude without working a little, but you already know that. Not everyone is willing to do that, and frankly, not everyone is capable.

What does happen after Atlas shrugs? I think that he regards the shattering of the world before him as thoroughly deserved but the poor, doomed wretch picks it back up again anyway. He can do no other.

Best to you!

[Utilizer]

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