Is there an online text of Atlas Shrugged???
Nope, it’s still under copyright. The only Rand book that’s available online is Anthem, which I think can be found at the Project Gutenberg website.
Amazon might sell an ebook version of Atlas, though. I know they have the Cliffsnotes in that format. Also, the Objectivism Research CD-ROM has the full text of Atlas and almost all of Rand’s other writings, with some bonus stuff by Peikoff tossed in.
Is there an online text of Atlas Shrugged???
could you handle reading a 1000 page book online? I dont think i could. My eyes would fall out of my head. Its much easier on the eyes to read a book in real life. Just buy the book. you can get it for like 2 bucks from a used book store. I havent seen one of those type of stores that doesnt have AS.
Yeah…the used bookstore up the street has like 10 copies of AS…well, up my street at least.
Plus, I agree with nimble…that would kill my eyes.
~Michael
There is no used bookstore where I live though, the closest one is 300 miles away(!).
Where is this site that has anthem on it???
http://www.gutenberg.net/ , search for title: anthem
Where can I find this book?!? Online text is prefered! Thank you so much!
Where can I find this book?!? Online text is prefered! Thank you so much!
Uhm…at the bookstores and libraries? :rolleyes:
BTW, none of Ayn Rand’s works are available online. They are all still copyrighted and therefore not yet in the “public domain”.
BTW, none of Ayn Rand’s works are available online. They are all still copyrighted and therefore not yet in the “public domain”.
Anthem is legally available online through Project Gutenberg.
Anthem is legally available online through Project Gutenberg.
whoops, sorry. I didn’t realize Anthem’s copyright is already expired.
What is up with people not wanting to spend a few bucks on a book?! I bought Kant’s crappy Groundwork to the Metaphysics of Morals and even Marx’s Commie Manifestation! Used of course.
I was just wondering if anyone here knows, and would be willing to tell me (a student becoming interested in objectivism), if there was anywhere to find these 2 books on the internet? Im very interested in reading them and learning more about this particular philosophy, and would greatly appreciate any help 
Im too poor to buy it myself, and my local library doesnt have a copy, im sure my university library does somewhere, but i cant go back there until near the end of september.
Im sure you’ll all be eager to help ‘spread the word’ as it were, and i await your replies 
thanks
Henry
Oh, i of course meant atlas shrugged and the fountainhead. I put them in capitals in the title for extra clarity, but that got changed automatically obviously.
whoops, sorry. I didn’t realize Anthem’s copyright is already expired.
I should clarify. It is my understanding that Peikoff, as executor and heir to the estate of Ayn Rand, neglected to renew the United States copyright of Anthem. However, I believe that the copyright protection still applies elsewhere. So, I would imagine that those outside the United States could not lawfully read or download the Project Gutenberg online version of the book. But, I am not a lawyer and speak with no authority here.
I was just wondering if anyone here knows, and would be willing to tell me (a student becoming interested in objectivism), if there was anywhere to find these 2 books on the internet? Im very interested in reading them and learning more about this particular philosophy, and would greatly appreciate any help
Im too poor to buy it myself, and my local library doesnt have a copy, im sure my university library does somewhere, but i cant go back there until near the end of september.
The copyrights for those books are still in effect, so they are not available for free online. However, you can purchase used copies for very low prices. Here is Atlas Shrugged for as little as $2.48,
http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=2073160&src=aa
and The Fountainhead for as little as $1.00
Since the works are copyrighted, they are not available online. You might be able to get one of them for just a couple of dollars at a used book store, though. If you can’t afford that, then I suppose you’ll have to wait.
You are not too “poor” to buy them. I bought them new when I was a drunk, and two steps from homeless.
Man, when I was growing up, you went out and bought things, now everyone wants it all free!
I got a used copy of FTNI on amazon.com for about $3
Was reading it today..
Where can I find this book?!? Online text is prefered! Thank you so much!
Why don’t you tell them what you want it for? Eh?
Did you know the root of Plagarist (Plagiarius) is latin for kidnapper?
But conceptually speaking, this is closer to mutilation.
The first section of FTNI is probably my favorite Rand other than The Roots of War
TB