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Anthem

Anthem
By Ayn Rand

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #114567 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-03-13
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 64 pages

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Synopsis
Rand was a Russian born American author who pioneered the philosophy of "objectivism". Anthem is a futuristic science fiction novella. Man is in a dark age, because of earlier socialistic values. Technology is carefully planned and rarely allowed to advance. Individualism has almost ceased to exist. The theme of individualism versus collectivism runs throughout the novella.

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Chilling5
"1984" is a great novel. No question.

But "Anthem", albeit shorter in length and far well less known, is, I think, its equal, in its portrayl of a frightening future and a possible one.

Once you get past Rand's narrative style in the text-although that is driven by the story-it is complusive reading. The future it predicts is both unbelievable and immediately logical. Read it, you won't regret it, and you won't forget you ever did.