The Auraria Campus Objectivists hold weekly Atlas Shrugged discussion groups on the Auraria campus every tuesday from 6:00-7:30pm. For more information regarding directions go HERE.
WHY READ ATLAS SHRUGGED?
As millions of readers have discovered, Atlas Shrugged is precisely the kind of novel you cannot put down.
Atlas Shrugged sweeps the reader into its own world of larger-than-life characters—including the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy and the great industrialist who doesn’t know that he is working for his own destruction. The story is a mystery about a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did. Society disintegrates, food shortages spark riots, factories shutdown by the hundreds. Is this man a vicious destroyer—or the greatest of liberators? What is the motor of the world? What is required to restart it?
The parrallels of the book to the world of America today are astounding, and have led to record breaking sales for Atlas Shrugged since it's debut in 1957
There is also a scholarship for an essay contest of winnings up to $10,000 for this book!
JOIN THE DENVER ATLAS SHRUGGED READING GROUP LIST
The specific room will be announced at the outset of every week, and so you must be on the google group's mailing list. We will meet in the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus. To become a member of the google group click HERE or e-mail johngalt.ucd@gmail.com and request to be placed in the group.
MEMBERSHIP STANDARDS AND RULES
Participants can be anyone with a serious interest in reading the book and discussing with others. It is not necessary to have read the book before, but it does help if you have read it.
There will be certain rules discussed at the beginning of each meeting. Namely, no one will be allowed to interupt others, one person talking at a time. And we will not tolerate any ad hominem attacks on group members. These talks must be kept curteous and respectful or the infringing person shall be asked to leave. We wish to openly and safely discuss Atlas Shrugged, and bad behavior will not be tolerated.
SCHEDULE OF READINGS
The following schedule is using the 25th Anniversary Edition of Atlas Shrugged
Session 1: September 15th 2009: pages 1-63
*Part 1: Chapter 1: The Theme
*Part 1: Chapter 2: The Chain
*Part 1: Chapter 3: The Top and the Bottom
Session 2: September 22, 2009: Pages 64 - 126
*Part 1: Chapter 4: The Immovable Movers
*Part 1: Chapter 5: The Climax of the D'Anconias
Session 3: September 29, 2009: Pages 127 - 185
*Part 1: Chapter 6: The Non-Commercial
*Part 1: Chapter 7: The Exploiters and the Exploited (A)
Session 4: October 6, 2009: Pages 185 - 252
*Part 1: Chapter 7: The Exploiters and the Exploited (B)
*Part 1: Chapter 8: The John Galt Line
Session 5: October 13, 2009: Pages 253 - 309
*Part 1: Chapter 9: The Sacred and the Profane
*Part 1: Chapter 10: Wyatt's Torch (A)
Session 6: October 20, 2009: Pages 309 - 378
*Part 1: Chapter 10: Wyatt's Torch (B)
*Part 2: Chapter 1: The Man Who Belgonged on Earth
Session 7: October 27, 2009: Pages 379 - 438
*Part 2: Chapter 2: The Aristocracy of Pull
*Part 2: Chapter 3: White Blackmail (A)
Session 8: November 3, 2009: Pages 438 - 495
*Part 2: Chapter 3: White Blackmail (B)
*Part 2: Chapter 4: The Sanction of the Victim
Session 9: November 10, 2009: Pages 496 - 566
*Part 2: Chapter 5: Account Overdrawn
*Part 2: Chapter 6: Miracle Metal
Session 10: November 17, 2009: Pages 567 - 632
*Part 2: Chapter 7: The Moratorium on Brains
*Part 2: Chapter 8: By Our Love
November 24, 2009 - January 26, 2010: Winter Break
Session 11: February 2, 2010: Pages 633 - 697
*Part 2: Chapter 9: The Face without Pain or Fear or Guilt
*Part 2: Chapter 10: The Sign of The Dollar
Session 12: February 9, 2010: Pages 699 - 751
*Part 3: Chapter 1: Atlantis
Session 13: February 16, 2010: Pages 752 - 815
*Part 3: Chapter 2: The Utopia of Greed
Session 14: February 23, 2010: Pages 816 - 863
*Part 3: Chapter 3: Anti-Greed
Session 15: March 2, 2010: Pages 864 - 936
*Part 3: Chapter 4: Anti-Life
*Part 3: Chapter 5: Their Brothers Keeper (A)
Session 16: March 9, 2010: pages 936 - 999
*Part 3: Chapter 5: Their Brothers Keeper (B)
*Part 3: Chapter 6: The Concerto of Deliverance
Session 17: March 16, 2010: Pages 1000-1069
*Part 3: Chapter 7: This is John Galt Speaking (A)
March 23, 2010: Spring Break
Session 18: March 30, 2010: Pages 1000 - 1069
*Part 3: Chapter 7: This is John galt Speaking (B)
Session 19: April 6, 2010: pages 1070 - 1125
*Part 3: Chapter 8: The Egoist
Session 20: April 13, 2010: Pages 1126 - 1168
*Part 3: Chapter 9: The Generator
*Part 3: Chapter 10: In the Name of the Best Within Us
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