Anthem is the classic story about the consequences of social collectivism and the importance of individualism. Anthem has been described as "one of the most important prose poems ever written".
Reviews
Cannot put it down
4
By benbrenton
This book by Ayn Rand is absolutely wonderful. The suspense is very good for someone who feels nervous. It is easily to read, seeing as how this is a last century piece of work. I suggest that a philosopher or science fiction nerd DEFINITELY reads this once in their lifetime. This should also be assigned in Elementary Schools.
10/10
5
By Epic man12
Classic. So great. Must read if you're an anarchist/socialist/poly sci major.
Review
4
By Domi830
It is filled with action an mystery I just scion books but this book is awesome and wold recommend for everyone to read.
Terribly overpriced
1
By zoltan stacho
The rabid jabbering of soulless virago.
Ok
3
By Beast swag daddy
It had a good lesson, but the plot was too short barely any action. To be honest it was a waste of my three and a half hours. It's a good book to read if you need to find yourself
Anthem's Plot & My Review
5
By britt98hughes
WHAT IT WAS ABOUT (without spoiling it): It's basically about a time in the future , but is like the Dark Ages again. They're forced to live in almost sort of an extreme-communist world and are not allowed to think about or speak of The Unmentionable Times (which is now, where man is smarter than ever before)
They dont have names, they have numbers to identify them. They cant use words like "I" and "her". Instead they must use "we" and "they". They aren't allowed to be curious, question the system, or prefer one man over another (have friends). They must consider mankind as together and they can't prefer anything over another.
One man is "cursed" to have a curious mind. He's assigned to be a Street Sweeper, but has the intelligence and desire to be a Scholar. This leads him to secretly break the laws, invent and rediscover things from the Unmentionable Times, even though that's not his assigned job.
WHAT I THOUGHT: I loved the book. It was suspenseful yet nice and short. It kept you on edge, but was to the point as you started to realize certain things later into the book. It was less than 300 pages with 12 chapters.
Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, Kurt Vonnegut, Randall Garrett, Jack London, Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ayn Rand & Rudyard Kipling
Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Larry Hodges, Henry Kuttner, George H. Scithers, John Gregory Betancourt, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Edgar Pangborn, Isaac Asimov & Ayn Rand
Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Milton Lesser, Ayn Rand, Jason Andrew, Larry Hodges, Carmelo Rafala, Ray Cluley, John Gregory Betancourt, James C. Stewart & James K. Moran
H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, Henry Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Edward Bellamy, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francis Bacon, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Margaret Cavendish, Jonathan Swift, William Morris, Samuel Butler, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, James Fenimore Cooper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ayn Rand, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Milo Hastings, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Robert Cromie, E. M. Forster, Anthony Trollope, Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox, Cleveland Moffett, Richard Jefferies, Percy Greg, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Abraham Merritt, Edgar Wallace, H. Beam Piper, Garrett P. Serviss, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Philip K. Dick, E. E. Smith, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, Lester del Rey, August Derleth, Frederik Pohl, Kurt Vonnegut, William Dean Howells, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, George Griffith, Edwin Lester Arnold, John Jacob Astor & Gustavus W. Pope
Ayn Rand, H.G. Wells, Jack London, Jonathan Swift, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edgar Allan Poe, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Edward Bellamy, Mary Shelley, William Hope Hodgson, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Milo Hastings, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, E. M. Forster, Richard Jefferies, Samuel Butler, Edwin A. Abbott, Anthony Trollope, Fritz Leiber, Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox, Cleveland Moffett, William Dean Howells, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain & George Griffith
H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, Henry Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Edward Bellamy, Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francis Bacon, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Margaret Cavendish, Jonathan Swift, William Morris, Samuel Butler, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, James Fenimore Cooper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ayn Rand, Owen Gregory, Hugh Benson, Fred M. White, Ignatius Donnelly, Ernest Bramah, Milo Hastings, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Robert Cromie, E. M. Forster, Anthony Trollope, Richard Stockham, Irving E. Cox, Cleveland Moffett, Richard Jefferies, Percy Greg, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Abraham Merritt, Edgar Wallace, H. Beam Piper, Garrett P. Serviss, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Philip K. Dick, E. E. Smith, Murray Leinster, Fritz Leiber, Andre Norton, Lester del Rey, August Derleth, Frederik Pohl, Kurt Vonnegut, William Dean Howells, Philip Francis Nowlan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, George Griffith, Edwin Lester Arnold, John Jacob Astor & Gustavus W. Pope
Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Edward Bellamy, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, H. Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ayn Rand, Hugh Benson, David Lindsay & Abraham Merritt
