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    <body><![CDATA[Congrats, Aynnie!  You've received my first single star rating!  I read this in high school when I was reading a lot of dystopian future literature and thought it was by far the worst of the lot.  Granted, if I'd read it when I was younger I might have liked it more, but saying that the even younger...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8856498">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The real tragedy of this book is that the billions of copies that have been printed could have been more appropriately used to build homes for people in third world countries. This book could not be more self indulgent if it came with a bottle of Absynthe and a membership to MENSA. Not only is it im...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1346935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8102729">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is about human identity and freedom, and how one can degrade under the chains of collectivism.<br/><br/>A lot of reviews on this book, which are posted on this site, use the word “futuristic” events. I intentionally put the quotes around this word as I tend to totally disagree with th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8102729">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2753975">
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    <body><![CDATA[Of all the dystopian novels I have read, this one felt like one of the least inspired. The characters are one-dimensional, the story lacks context altogether, and is entirely made to support Rand's liberal philosophies. Sure, it's really short--so is Animal Farm, but that is a story with depth. Iron...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2753975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5620445">
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    <body><![CDATA[ridiculous]]></body>
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    <review id="28329740">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[emotionally mature people interested in a good laugh.]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alright. If, for some reason, the values of individuality or independence are completely alien to you, you should read this book. Everyone else is better off skipping it. It has nothing else to offer and it's got a good chance of convincing that you're smarter or more enlightened than you actually a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28329740">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="847811">
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely the only book by Ayn Rand I will ever need to read, unless I happen to be reincarnated as an asshole. When people start modeling their book covers after Mussolini-era Italian architecture, worry.]]></body>
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    <review id="2594043">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mads]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I never quite figured out why my highschool lit teacher made this required reading. It's something I've always wondered about. Anthem struck me as too much &quot;anti-communist.&quot; Somewhat propaganda material for the anti-communist forces. I've always been skeptical of rabid anti-communism. In t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2594043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3498692">
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    <body><![CDATA[Ayn Rand was the most overrated writer (I can't even call her a philosopher) of the 20th century, and a great gaping asshole to boot. This book is yet another to support those facts.]]></body>
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    <review id="4746513">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jodi Lu]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[see i could DEAL with rand's writing this.  she says what she's gotta, then ends it.  she's like, &quot;okay let's be honest, i'm not a novelist b/c i really don't write very well BUT i have this THING i really believe in and i wanna share it and gosh darnit people like parables so HERE.&quot;  why ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4746513">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="265562">
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    <body><![CDATA[Witless, styleless, and self-righteous.  &quot;1984&quot; and &quot;A Brave New World&quot; are far more effective books.  Although I can't say I agree that individualism is more important than collectivism, especially when people come together as a whole to do things positive in this world.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’d been meaning to read some more Ayn Rand ever since I finished Sewer, Gas, and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy, which includes a 6-page synopsis of Atlas Shrugged. Oh, and one of the characters is a virtual Ayn Rand that exists inside an electronic lantern. Anthem trumpets a familiar Randian...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5306076">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Futuristic society that doesn't recognize individuals -- everyone's name is &quot;Equality&quot; followed by a number.  Cute, huh?  One day, Equality-some-number-or-another stumbles across a cave with books in it and discovers the word &quot;I&quot; and immediately realizes what it means even though...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16334706">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What was Ayn Rand smoking, seriously?  Can I have some?  No, nevermind, then I might start spouting off about rational self-interest and the evils of altruism and the knock-down drag-out world of architecture.  Whatever, Ayn Rand.  WHAT-ever.<br/><br/>This is my favorite of her books.  It is also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2702167">more...</a>]]></body>
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