Archive: Atlas Shrugged Turns 50

From Atlasphere member Greg Garamoni: The audiobook version of Atlas Shrugged (Blackstone Audio, Inc.) appeared as the fourth most downloaded Adult Fiction audiobook on OverDrive's list of "Most Downloaded Books from the Library" for January 2009. OverDrive ... »More

Writing for Yahoo News, former National Review editor Maggie Gallagher has penned a rousing and insightful defense of Atlas Shrugged. She rightly chastizes Terry Teachout for his silly assertion in National Review that Rand writes a ... »More

Thanks to Jerry Johnson for the heads-up about this new article in Telegraph India -- titled "Take a bow, Ayn" -- covering the events in India that Jerry helped organize in celebration of Atlas Shrugged's ... »More

C-SPAN will be broadcasting the "Atlas Shrugged and Business" panel discussion from the Atlas Society's recent 50th Anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C. Of this discussion, moderator Robert Bidinotto writes "It's a fascinating hour-long overview of the ... »More

An interesting piece in Stamford's The Advocate begins: NEW YORK - Grand Central Terminal provides visitors with frequent train service, dining and shopping options, and to some, the meaning of life. Some Metro-North Railroad employees say one ... »More

From Robin Orenbuch: On October 13, 2007 there will be an Atlas Shrugged Symposium on Book TV at 12 noon (presumably Eastern time, since Robin is on the East Coast). »More

The Christian Science Monitor just published a full-length article on finding love around a shared interest in Ayn Rand's writings. The Atlasphere figures prominently in the article, as you might expect, together with many ... »More

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged! From today's Wall Street Journal: CAPITALIST HEROES By David Kelley October 10, 2007; Page A21 Fifty years ago today Ayn Rand published her magnum opus, ... »More

Atlasphere columnist Jerry Johnson, who lives in India and penned our recent column "The Free Market in Cultural Context," sends the following announcement on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Atlas Shrugged: I have been ... »More

Peter Larsen has penned a nice article for the OC Register about how Atlas Shrugged has fared over the past fifty years. It's titled "Ayn Rand fans mark 50th anniversary" and it's pretty much what you'd ... »More