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Anthem
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We" - a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence - that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
They existed only to serve the state. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. They died in the Home of the Useless. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one - the great WE. In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word - I.
"I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities."-Ayn Rand
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- a lisa
- 11-03-24
not very substantial as a sci-fi
i read this a while ago and did not like it, but i saw it included with the membership, and i decided to give it another chance, just in case, since it's such a short listen.
not much changed on the second iteration for me, but this is still one of the more famous science fiction novels, from one of the more famous science fiction writers of the past, and a woman, which was not common back then. the content did not resonate with me, felt full of cliché opinions one should have supported back then, but the story is still relevant (and it is also meaningful, as it was written during Soviet Russia, published in 1938, with naming of values which resonated with the West, "Liberty" and "Equality" as the Adam-and-Eve-like couple taking charge of their freedom, but ending with things going on an "Ego" trip, something which was more a fault of communism, as we have seen in the evolution of the USSR; and as the title itself being a stab at the US national anthem). great to have this available.
good performance.
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