Atlas Snubbed

Synopsis

Atlas Snubbed An Unsanctioned Pastiche Parody The Point In Time: A Moment After Atlas Shrugged. The Cast Of Characters: Enough To Fill A Russian Novel The Story: Book 1: The World Of The Looters Book 2: The World Of The Strikers Book 3: When Worlds Collide Where No One Need Ask, Who Is John Galt? Because Now, They Know. __________________________________________ Synopsis: Reduced To Its Essentials, Atlas Snubbed Is A Pastiche Parody Sequel To Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Weighing In At Approximately Half The Size Of Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Snubbed Is Structured As A Trilogy Of Three Books Whose Genre Spans Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction And Science Fiction. The Book Is A Pastiche In Every Sense Of The Word, For Not Only Is It A Tribute To Rand And Written In Her Style, It Is Also A Collection Of Sampled Phrases And Situations Excerpted From Her Novels Where The Words Of One Character Are Placed Plausibly Into The Mouth Of A Philosophical Opposite. No Surprise, Then, That The Novel Is Also A Parody, And Not Only A Lampooning Of Rand's Writing Style, Characters And Plot, But Also The Philosophy Behind Them. Overall It Is A Respectfully Serious Parody, Oxymoronic Though The Concept May Seem, A Serious Critique, And Serious Fiction As Well. Despite Its Tight Connection With Rand's Atlas Shrugged, It Is Not Necessary To Have Read Her Book In Order To Enjoy Atlas Snubbed; It Stands Alone On Its Own Strengths, Although The Parody Is Richer For Those Who Have Been Exposed To Rand's Novel. The Trilogy Picks Up Precisely Where Rand Left Things At The End Of Atlas Shrugged. The First Book Focuses On The Outside World, The Second On The World Inside The Philosophical Enclave Known As The Gulch, And The Third, What Happens When Worlds Collide. The Story Is A Fast-paced, Apocalyptic Tale Of The Bloody Collapse Of Rand's United States, The Handful Of American Cities Which Survive, And On The Subsequent Altercations Between Them. Each City Embodies A Different Philosophical Archetype, One Of Which Is A Brand New Political Concept--the Separation Of Society And State--an Approach Which Overcomes The Shortcomings Of All The Other Archetypes, Including Many Of Those Of Modern Day America. And Of Course Our Hero Gets The Girl In The End.