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Atlas Shrugged in Contest for Best Book...VOTE!

Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago to Books
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During a program on May 22nd, PBS introduced the 100 best loved books in America. Atlas Shrugged was one of them. This is to be a contest. Voting is to take place all summer with the winning book announced in the Fall. You can vote for A.S. every day all summer long. So Gulchers vote and tell your friends to vote. It just takes a few seconds of your time each day. Even if A.S. does not win, we can at least try to keep it in the contest and maybe make it a finalist. The American people need to know that this book exists and is an important part of our culture. Maybe even a few snowflakes will read it. Remember to vote every day so that it is not eliminated. Let's do this! Go to :
PBS.org/greatamericanread

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  • Posted by $ nickursis 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agree with both of you, although I got through the first three Foundation books and then petered out. As I understand it, there were a few more after that with the Gaia concept added in.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Starship Troopers as well, as the discussions of war, citizenship and morality are great discussion points, and might encourage a little thinking along the way.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress is anti-statist, so there was not a chance it would have appeared on a PBS biased list of books.
    It should be taught in public school along with Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
    (PBS statists must have included AS as a token of diversity.)
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 6 years, 11 months ago
    Thank you Suzanne, great tip, as I gave up on PBS about 10 years ago....
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Moon is a Harsh Mistress gets called out a lot in discussions of great sci fi, so I would have thought it would have been in there.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There are several classics from before the 20th century. The Bible is not a great American read. A lot of people still pander to it -- such as Trump loudly proclaiming it's his favorite book, waving around his childhood copy after dusting it off for the campaign -- but hardly anyone actually reads it.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They promoted lengthy, meaningless testimonials of several fad books, many of them multiculturalist appeals to ethnicity, but dismissed Atlas Shrugged in a few seconds as a book that was panned by the reviewers but nevertheless has a dedicated following -- no mention of it's quickly becoming a best seller despite the establishment reviews attacking it and no mention of why it is still popular now.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well said...and if AS wins or comes in very close to the top, it will be fun to watch them...kind of like the liberal media on election night when Trump won.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 6 years, 11 months ago
    The website has a section, "Which novel has had the biggest impact on your life?" At least four of the respondents have chosen Atlas Shrugged. (You have to click "Load More Content" several times to find them.) Respondents can also talk about books that are not on the top 100 list.
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  • Posted by BCRinFremont 6 years, 11 months ago
    Brave New World should be on this list. Solzhenitzen had several good books.
    Maybe, 2001 A Space Odyssey?
    Something from Camus or Nietzche?
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Voting for Atlas Shrugged is telling PBS that it has no right to a single penny of taxpayer funds. And if AS wins, it would encourage some if its more open-minded viewers to read it. Also, it would be fun to see the PBS pundits try to cope with the results.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree with you about PBS. But wouldn't it be a slap in their Liberal faces if we could make AS the winning book.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you want your favorite to win, voting for any other books lowers its chances. I like Hunger Games too, but I don't want to increase its chances of beating Atlas Shrugged in the poll.
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  • Posted by $ prof611 6 years, 11 months ago
    I am of two minds about whether to vote at all. PBS is a government organization, and as such, does not merit my even going to their website. I certainly don't want to sanction their existence. What do other objectivists think about this?
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  • Posted by $ prof611 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You realize that every vote you cast for some other book puts AS 2 votes behind where it would stand if you voted for AS instead.
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  • Posted by Eyecu2 6 years, 11 months ago
    I voted for AS and will continue to but I also hope 1984 places well.
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  • Posted by term2 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    you can just put in an email address instead of facebook. I wouldnt have done it if it required facebook
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I started Lord of the Rings when I was in high school and didn't finish. Later I tried again as an adult and it was a pretty easy read.
    Foundation started off interesting, but after the first book it became less so- for me;^)
    Completely agree on Heinlein. He would be the author for desert island relaxation if I had a choice.
    Just voting for AS when I think of it.
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