This was a fairly thin dystopian novel. Not much was said here that you couldn't read in something like "We" or "1984." Rand's tone was fairly didactic, but that isn't surprising given Rand's reputation. Overall, I give it 3 out of 5 stars because I did enjoy it, but I felt that more could have been done with it. ( )

The Ayn Rand Philosophy Lite. It's a great short tale about individualism vs. totalitarianism. Even kewler...it was the basis for Rush's 2112. ( )

Along the same line as 1984 and Brave New World. Loved it. ( )

Ayn Rand is an incredible writer; unfortunately, too many people take her writing too seriously. Think along the lines of The Da Vinci Code: it's fiction, people. ( )

As a fan of both dystopian novels and absolutist manifestos, I really enjoyed this. It was a quick read--the 90 pages took me about an hour, all told--and obviously much less fleshed-out or developed than Rand's other works. Like I said, I had fun with this book, but I will say that Zamyatin's We does "it" a lot better. ( )