Edition: First printing
Binding: Letter fold sheet
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1972.
Description: Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 11", 6 pages, tan paper. A very good, clean, neat letter fold sheet with a singlecenter sheet as issued with three ring binder holes. Slight shelf wear and soiling with a small coffee stain at the top of the back side.. read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Letter fold sheet
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1972.
Description: Near Fine. Plus separate "Table of Contents" sheet for entire Volume II, October 9th, 1972 through September 24, 1973. 3 issues, Octavo, 8 1/2 x 11", 4 + 4 + 4 (16 total) pages, tan paper. Near fine, clean, neat letter fold sheets as individually issued with three ring binder holes. Slight shelf wear. read more
Edition: First Editions
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Ayn Rand Letter, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Unbound. Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In publisher's binder with 'The Ayn Rand Letter' title on the front board. A bit soiled. Bi-weekly letters are intact. Also included are the letters in Volume 2 nos. 1-11. 37 pieces total. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [Rockville, MD]. Quill and Brush [1990].
Date Published: 1990
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First edition (so stated). Thin 8vo. Compiler's 2 page introduction. Index. Several full-page b/w illustrations. Dust jacket (unclipped). Fine. No signatures or bookplates. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Palo Alto Book Service, Palo Alto, CA
Date Published: 1979
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Blue boards, with gilt lettering, previous owner has signed name on front flyleaf and stamped name with a library stam, front boards has small platters of white pait, no d.j. This is Ayn Rand at her best, her sincerity is beyond question, but her passionate protest is weakened by her tendency to mistake prejudices and opinions for facts and to see all thing and peole in terms of black and white. read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 6pp. This issue entitled: "Representation Without Authorization". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 6pp. This issue entitled: "The Dead End". Very good, small split at one of the mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "Fairness Doctrine For Education". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "The Establishing of An Establishment-Part II". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "The Shanghai Gesture-Part III". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "An Open Letter To Boris Spassky". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "...And The Response-Part II". Very good, light crease on page one, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 6pp. This issue entitled: "The Stimulus...Part II". Very good, light crease at top corer of page one, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "The Shanghai Gesture-Part II". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 4pp. This issue entitled: "Don't Let It Go-Part II". Very good, top corner of page 1 torn, repaired with sheer acid free tape, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
Publisher: Ayn Rand Letter, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1971
Description: Newsletter. 8-1/2" x 11" First Edition. 6pp. This issue entitled: "The Moratorium on Brains-Part II". Very good, mailing folds. (loc x95) read more
"I have to do this. I keep reading how these books are so popular now because our president is a socialist.
I read both of these in high school, separately. I enjoyed them as novels. They work great at showing how Ms. Rand's ideas will result in an improved society. They can do this because she has written about society as she wants it to work. That's what fiction does. One needs to note the differences between a fictional setting and the reality it purports to describe (if any) before extrapolating the lessons and solutions from a book to the real world. Ms. Rand's world contains no children, except a brief description of the privileged early lives of some of her protagonists. Ms. Rand's world contains no disabled people. There are other differences, of course, but these are the two I need to be on public record as having pointed out. (My simple sentence: Ms. Rand's world is irreproducable because her characters do not reproduce.)
In the case of Reardon, and here I extend my review to include _We_the_Living_, which I have also read, a character is presented as unhappy and poorly treated due to their choice (soon to change) of suppressing their needs in favor of living by society's rules or subjecting themselves to the tyranny of those who spitefully run down the great. Maybe the situation is more a result of the character's choice of association? You see, I believe in my responsibility to my fellow man, and I would have worn the Reardon-steel bracelet with pride. Fiction can be either/or. Real life never is."
"These books challenged many of my beliefs. They are a good read, even if you don't agree with all of her ideas. However, I don't understand why so many high schools have their students read them--the philosophies expressed are too big for people with so little life experience. If you read them then, pick up the books and try again. You'll understand this time."
"Total shocker I loved this book as well, right? Another great novel by in the infamous Ayn Rand. If you can enjoy the honesty of ego and are interested in her perception of what a man truly is, this is a book for you."
"Finally. What, 2000 pages? 2 full years? These books deserve 4 stars because they shift your thinking. I look at factories now and I don't say "Ugly" but "That is the physical manifestation of man's brainpower."
They also shed light on the vicious "Robin Hood" myth: it is immoral to be wealthy, and perfectly moral to be poor and envious of the rich.
Further, it defines well what it is 'to be.' Ayn Rand defines "to be" (as a MAN) is to use your brain, to achieve, to aspire, to accomplish greatness. "Man as man."
The story is entertaining. It's a bit romantic in that there are clear heroes and villains and large dramatized themes.
My biggest disappointment is that she assumes she is right. There is no room for argument. In this way it feels didactic."
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