Phallic Libertarian Ayn Rand's "Anthem" up for grabs
EdAugusts
Rand, author of undoubted FANTASIES (thus the tie-in with
rec.arts.sf.written) about society and politics (both of which were
made into movies): "ATLAS SHRUGGED" and "THE FOUNTAINHEAD", comes in
for some attention today in an event ending about eight hours from now
on eBay, as the 1961 Caxton Press edition of "ANTHEM", what Wikipedia
calls her "dystopian science fiction novella" , which takes place in
some future DARK AGE which mankind has entered as the result of
SOCIALIST and COLLECTIVISM that have obliterated the concept of
INDIVIDUALISM,. in fact, in this book the word "I" has disappeared
from the English language.
Her major books, of course, THE FOUNTAINHEAD and ATLAS SHRUGGED, are
pretty close to sci-fi as well. Unfortunately they sort of blur in my
mind, but then, I'm not a big Ayn Rand fan, and "Philosophy" was not
my favorite class. But I do know the phrase "Who is John Galt?" even
if I've forgotten now who the hell John Galt is... some libertarian
revolutionary, I believe... there is an undistinguished Central Valley
town in California named Galt... not too far from Lodi, as in the song
lyric: "Oh, Lord! Stuck in Lodi again!" And as for THE FOUNTAINHEAD,
most of us may remember the great stone-faced performance by Gary
Cooper as an architect who BLOWS-UP his own housing development
because a builder tinkered around with and degraded his architectural
concept, ends up on trial -- but walks away a free man after a
terrific libertarian court room speech!), and then is hired by the
William Randolph Hearst-type New York City newspaper tycoon (whose
wife he's been going to bed with), to build the TALLEST BUILDING IN
THE WORLD, (which we see in the last frames of the flick!). There is
some kind of phallic statement here about TALLEST BUILDING with Gary
Cooper standing on top of it, and his girlfriend coming up, up, up on
the outside elevator to see him... what was Ayn Rand thinking? Be a
real man, a real individual, stay away from socialism, and erections
result? You wonder that when you watch Cooper's curvaceous,
conceited, so-far-quite frigid future sex partner, frigid and unhappy
because she's never been in Cooper's arms yet, standing on the rim of
a mining pit, holding a riding crop, I believe, watching Cooper work a
pneumatic DRILL or PILE-DRIVER with requisite bouncy, muscular
enthusiasm, on the marble rock of a quarry site. I don't know much
about the woman's sex life, (Ayn Rand, that is!) Whether she was
straight, bi-sexual, or lesbian, is probably not our business, but
knowing whether any frustrations in her personal life may have led her
to conjure-up these social and political fantasies with the multiple
phallic overtones I've noted would be quite interesting.
This book with the auction ending TODAY, is "ANTHEM". pubished by
Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho. 1961. Hardcover, octavo, light green
with black lettering. Covers, edges and corners are all very good to
fine, and the text and interior are also in very good condition
throughout, with no visible damage, markings, names, etc., of any
kind. No dustjacket. This happens to be a SCARCE ITEM in THIS
EDITION for those AYN RAND enthusiasts, and anybody who would like an
obscure little sign-post on the road of life by this enthusiastic,
philosophical, libertarian female, who was writing the last of her
philosophical novels when most women were standing there, pregnant,
ironing their husband's shirts while watching "Queen for a Day" or
"Art Linklatter's House Party" out of the corner of their eye on a
small B&W TV screen. (Ah! The Good Old Days!)
I looked at the database of books on ABE Search, which takes in more
than 13,500 book sellers around the world and a 100,000,000+ inventory
of books, and there were only TWO copies of "ANTHEM" for sale, and
both were going for $50.00.
So this is a SCARCE book!
Right now my copy has 4 bidders seeking to outdo each other, with some
last-minute 'sniping' among them possible, but the price is still just
$15.00. So there is a potential bargain out there, someone is going
to end up with it, and nobody knows who it will be until the bidding
is over!
To have a look at the specific item, just go to:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110249991276&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=001
THANK YOU!! ------Ed
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Gene
499e-a395-2...@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
> But I do know the phrase "Who is John Galt?" even
> if I've forgotten now who the hell John Galt is.
John Galt was a Scottish novelist and Byron biographer of the
nineteenth century who also administered colonization efforts
in Canada on behalf of the Canada Company. As an administrator,
Galt proved to be incompetent and on being recalled to Britain
was imprisoned for debt. Building on this record of
accomplishment, Galt went hack to Canada to screw up more land
development efforts. As both a literary figure and a guy who
boldly went out into the wilderness and Got Things Done, his
name obviously suggested itself as a good one for an Ayn Rand
hero.
David Johnston
<Augus...@aol.com> wrote:
>In my continuing series of book auctions, the great Libertarian Ayn
>Rand, author of undoubted FANTASIES (thus the tie-in with
>rec.arts.sf.written) a
There are marketplace newsgroups.
Martha Adams
"David Johnston" <da...@block.net> wrote in message
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I don't see where this "Phallic" comes from. My guess,
is it reflects something in the originator's head and
it has nothing to actually do with Ayn Rand, who is one
of numerous interesting authors around. Yes, her words
reflect what's in her mind; but a new adhoc translation
thru an unrelated set of someone else's personal topics
/ troubles, does not clarify her work at all. So if
this "Phallic" which most likely simply reflects some
young man's inability to finish some personal business,
can be left by the wayside where it belongs, and a
discussion opened on *Ayn Rand*, I could be interested
in that discussion thread.
Titeotwawki -- mha [rasfw 2008 May 11]
Dan Clore
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Steven L.
> Gene wrote:
>> EdAugusts <Augus...@aol.com> wrote in news:83e23190-cd22-
>> 499e-a395-2...@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> But I do know the phrase "Who is John Galt?" even if I've forgotten
>>> now who the hell John Galt is.
>>
>> John Galt was a Scottish novelist and Byron biographer of the
>> nineteenth century who also administered colonization efforts in
>> Canada on behalf of the Canada Company. As an administrator, Galt
>> proved to be incompetent and on being recalled to Britain was
>> imprisoned for debt. Building on this record of accomplishment, Galt
>> went hack to Canada to screw up more land development efforts. As
>> both a literary figure and a guy who boldly went out into the
>> wilderness and Got Things Done, his name obviously suggested itself
>> as a good one for an Ayn Rand hero.
>
> If you're going to write a thousand pages around the mysterious question
> "Who is ---- ----?", you should probably think of an original name,
> rather than that of someone famous.
Here in America, "John Galt" isn't exactly "famous." Prior to Google,
most folks who read Atlas Shrugged didn't know of him (and certainly
didn't care).
--
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Gene
news:osOdnR71SZSgVLrV...@earthlink.com:
> Here in America, "John Galt" isn't exactly "famous." Prior
to Google,
> most folks who read Atlas Shrugged didn't know of him (and
certainly
> didn't care).
True enough. In Canada, presumably the Guelphites care. On the
other hand, when the towns of Galt, Preston and Hespeler,
Ontario were to be merged to create a new, larger Galt,
Ontario, Preston and Hespeler objected and managed to get the
thing called Cambridge. This showed serious chutzpah, as it is
not the home of a world-class university.
Mike Schilling
> "David Johnston" <da...@block.net> wrote in message
> news:u8ne241ghc88e2muo...@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 12:42:45 -0700 (PDT), EdAugusts
>> <Augus...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> In my continuing series of book auctions, the great Libertarian
>>> Ayn
>>> Rand, author of undoubted FANTASIES (thus the tie-in with
>>> rec.arts.sf.written) a
>>
>> There are marketplace newsgroups.
>
> I don't see where this "Phallic" comes from.
Objectivism is full of phallacies.
_ berge @hotmail.com.invalid Eric D. Berge
That's 'cause Objectivists are dicks.
horseshoe7
hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> >> I don't see where this "Phallic" comes from.
>
> >Objectivism is full of phallacies.
>
> That's 'cause Objectivists are dicks.
Actually, if objectivists are full of phallacies, wouldn't they be
cunts?
- Stewart
Dan Clore
He was a formerly well-known writer. The more literate would still have
heard of him. I've read some of his work in anthologies.
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David DeLaney
which have nothing to do with rec.arts.sf.written; be off with you, to the
outer darkness whence your thought processes originated!
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