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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 exceller 6 years, 11 months ago
    I gladly vote for AS but as members pointed out below, it is a difficult choice.

    Surprised that PBS included it in the selection, as one of the most PC liberal entity.
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  • Posted by ycandrea 6 years, 11 months ago
    WOW! There are soooo many good books in this list! But my all time favorite is Atlas Shrugged and I voted for it. And I will keep voting for it.
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  • Posted by Ben_C 6 years, 11 months ago
    Just voted or A.S. I also will vote for Hunger Games on occasion because I like the message of :"how will a tyrant control the population." Hmmm. Control one sixth of the economy and the goal will be achieved. I think its called Obamacare.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 6 years, 11 months ago
    I don't think it let me confirm my email address.
    Me dino don't do Facebook.
    The Gulch is as close to social media as I care to get.
    Never read Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. Maybe I should.
    Not listed is Dracula which I read decades ago.,
    Me dino liked the fictitious way Bram Stoker strung together a letter, a ship's log, journals and so forth in a row and managed to make a creepy novel out of that.
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The night of the program, they went over it very quickly as if they were embarrassed it made the list. Well, let's show them it can win!
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, you can, but see CBJ's comment. I am voting for a few other books, too, but not daily because I want AS to stay way head of the pack.
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  • Posted by Rex_Little 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I disagree about Foundation. Those books were among the first SF I read, around age 9, and I enjoyed them. I don't think they were Asimov's best work, but I guess they're his best known.

    Now, Lord of the Rings. . . there was a tough slog.

    But no Heinlein? That's ridiculous. If I could have the collected works of only one author, it would be Heinlein, even ahead of Rand (though AS is my single favorite book). At the very least, Stranger in a Strange Land belongs on their ballot.
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  • Posted by dnr 6 years, 11 months ago
    I will certainly vote every day, even though I recognize that AS will never be as popular as many other books. Thus, it is the same reason that I vote Libertarian. The candidates will never win, but I am telling everyone what I want.
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  • Posted by a59430802sojourner 6 years, 11 months ago
    I re-read Atlas Shrugged regularly. I enjoy it every time. It is a timeless book and gives me a very good idea of where this country has been heading; and that President Trump's leadership has begun turning around.
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  • Posted by mia767ca 6 years, 11 months ago
    I guess "The Bible" is not a..."great American read"...interesting...nor anything from earlier than the 20th century....
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  • Posted by kdholpp 6 years, 11 months ago
    I hope we can vote for more than one because The Godfather and Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy are my other two favorite books.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I voted only for AS. Voting for other books helps them get or stay ahead of AS, making it harder for AS to rise to the top.
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  • Posted by $ kddr22 6 years, 11 months ago
    Gladly voted for it, I also am surprised that PBS included it as a choice. Read for first time soph in high school and many times since...
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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago
    Hello Suzanne43,
    Thank you for the post. I gladly voted for Atlas Shrugged. We all know how beneficial it would be for everyone to read about how to live a happy joyful life, with your own ethical self interest as a guiding moral principle.
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  • Posted by $ 25n56il4 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm not on Facebook either. Too many of my friends are getting embarrassing. Very political. They need to re-think their postings. I found I was responding in the negative and I didn't like that. I really don't care how they vote! I love them anyway. n
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree, but that's why we need to vote for AS.
    I also voted for Pride and Prejudice, The Book Thief, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Gone With the Wind.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, the list has a lot of toilet paper. I'm delighted AS was included, but there is little science fiction-Dune and Foundation are included but they are not the best of science fiction by a long shot. Foundation is a classic, but almost unbearably boring to get through. Dune is ok but can't compare to 20 titles by Heinlein who is completely omitted.
    Most Loved Books - Ha! By liberals at the NYT?
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Gosh, I'm so glad that has been taken care of.
    You can also vote for other favorites. Happy voting!
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  • Posted by freedomforall 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I misunderstood the instructions. Thanks for bringing my error to my attention. I do have a throwaway email address at yahoo for their coming deluge of propaganda ;^)
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  • Posted by $ Suzanne43 6 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good for you. I never tire of it either, I have the book in paperback, on my Kindle, the movies, and the CDs.
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