Anthem
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- ISBN: 048649277X
- ISBN: 9780486492773
- Physical Description v, 89 pages.
- Publisher Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2014.
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General Note: | Originally published: Los Angeles, California : Pamphleteers, 1946. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 5.92 |
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Library Journal Review
Anthem
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The difference between this long-forgotten exercise in paranoia and other futuristic visions of a world controlled by the state, such as Aldous Huxley's or George Orwell's, is the extremist tone of Rand's story. The author lived in a black-and-white world in which things social or communal are evil and things individual and selfish are exalted. This "anthem" culminates in a hymn to the concepts of "I" and "ego," where the rebels are those who resist group action; the oppressors are government officials and others who attempt to provide a safety net for the less fortunate. The production is not improved by the theatricality of narrator Paul Meier, which is reminiscent of a ham Victorian actor intoning an overwrought melodrama. Not recommended.-Mark Pumphrey, Polk Cty. P.L., Columbus, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.