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If you’ve heard about the movie, Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, and would like to learn more about Ayn Rand’s novel, you have come to the right place!

The scope of Ayn Rand’s timeless novel is panoramic. The novel’s plot is an intricately crafted mystery riddled with suspense; the characters, insightfully drawn and larger-than-life. It is a novel that challenges conventional beliefs about good and evil and about life.

Find out more by reading Atlas Shrugged (if you haven’t already) and by exploring the following articles, talks and resources that delve into the story, characters, and thought-provoking ideas of the novel.

Read an Excerpt

• Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Atlas Shrugged online.
• Download a free Amazon Kindle sample of Chapters 1 and 2 (Kindle devices, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, Blackberry, Mac, and PC)
• Read a brief excerpt from Chapter 1. (Real Player audio)

The Characters

• The Spirit of Francisco by Shoshana Milgram (audio lecture); Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• The Creation of Ayn Rand’s Ultimate Ideal Man: Who Was John Galt? by Shoshana Milgram in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• The Businessmen’s Crucial Role: Material Men of the Mind by Debi Ghate in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]

The Ideas of the Novel

• A Study of Galt’s Speech by Onkar Ghate in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• Discussion of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: Chapter-by-Chapter by Onkar Ghate (video lecture); Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• No Tributes to Caesar: Good and Evil in Atlas Shrugged by Tara Smith (audio lecture); Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• Ayn Rand’s Ethics: From The Fountainhead to Atlas Shrugged by Darryl Wright in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]
• Atlas Shrugged on the Role of the Mind in Man’s Existence by Greg Salmieri in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]

Background on the Novel

• The History of Atlas Shrugged: A Look at the Genesis of the Novel (from idea to research to characters to publication) (article)
• Adapting Atlas Shrugged to Film [essay] by Jeff Britting in Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged [book]

Atlas Shrugged in Today’s World

• Atlas Shrugged: America’s Second Declaration of Independence by Onkar Ghate (video lecture)
• Atlas Shrugged: With America on the brink, should you go Galt and strike? by Onkar Ghate (article)
• The Radicalness of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged by Onkar Ghate (article)
• Atlas Shrugged and the Morality of Freedom by Onkar Ghate (video lecture)
• Atlas Shrugged: Its Influence After Fifty Years by Yaron Brook (video lecture)
• Why Atlas Shrugged Changes Lives by Debi Ghate (video)
• The Relevance of Atlas Shrugged in Today’s World by Yaron Brook (video)
• Why Businessmen Love Atlas Shrugged by Alex Epstein (video)
• Atlas Shrugged and the Tea Party Revolts (video)
• Why Atlas Shrugged Changes Lives (article)

Discuss

• Atlas Shrugged Facebook Group
• Take part in a reading group on Atlas Shrugged

Media Mentions

• Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years by Stephen Moore (WSJ article)
• John Stossel special on Atlas Shrugged
• Atlas Shrugs Again by Marc Babej and Tim Pollak (Forbes article)
• Glenn Beck: Is Fiction Turning Into Reality? (Fox News article)
• Rand’s Atlas Is Shrugging With a Growing Load by Amity Shlaes (Bloomberg article)
• Atlas Shrugged Author Sees Resurgence (CNN article)