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Narrated by:
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Andrew Garman
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Ayn Rand
About this listen
Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We" - a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence - that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one - the great WE. In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. 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: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word - I.
"I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities."-Ayn Rand
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Story Review: Ayn Rand is an extraordinary writer known for her opposition to collectivist ideologies such as socialism, communism, fascism, and progressivism. In this work, she skillfully portrays a future that many may not fully grasp unless they have thoroughly explored her writings and the concept of collectivism. Rand’s warnings to the West were largely ignored by the political right of her time, and we continue to bear the consequences of that oversight. This book reflects the possible dystopian future that could arise if such ideas persist.
In the 1960s, progressives championed environmentalism and multiculturalism—concepts that Rand critiqued in her essays, which can be found in Ayn Rand: The Return of the Primitive. To fully appreciate the themes of this story, I recommend reading those essays as well as Philosophy: Who Needs It. Both are available as audiobooks on this platform and are well worth the investment.
A warning from the past.
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If you enjoy dystopian fiction, you need to check this out.
Sort of like A Canticle For Leibowitz meets 1984, it's great.
Underrated Ayn Rand Novella
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not much changed on the second iteration for me, but this is still one of the more famous science fiction novels, from one of the more famous science fiction writers of the past, and a woman, which was not common back then. the content did not resonate with me, felt full of cliché opinions one should have supported back then, but the story is still relevant (and it is also meaningful, as it was written during Soviet Russia, published in 1938, with naming of values which resonated with the West, "Liberty" and "Equality" as the Adam-and-Eve-like couple taking charge of their freedom, but ending with things going on an "Ego" trip, something which was more a fault of communism, as we have seen in the evolution of the USSR; and as the title itself being a stab at the US national anthem). great to have this available.
good performance.
not very substantial as a sci-fi
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Ayn Rand's dystopian novel ....
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