Anthem

Not bad.

(3 stars)

Arch Stanton

Rand's (little known?) dystopian vision benefits from a female reader whose occasional monotones perfectly suit the somnambulistic society she is describing, while she understanderbly saves the most committed reading to the best chapter (11) and its decrying the "monster of 'we' ". However a lot of what is heard here is rather laboured and elements of Rands's plot development are frankly unbelievable (if this matters to the reader given the genre). Rand's depressing world is not, ultimately that different from others and less powerful than many, while the reintroduction of self-centeredness into the world is perhaos not wholly so worthy as she suggests. The extended use of the third person prose has some power however, which lifts things somewhat above typical pulp prose. Moments of sadism stand out (the naked whipping against the post). The reader is good, with pleasing voice, although there are occasional falters and uncertainties.

Such An Inspiring Story!

(5 stars)

rachel2020

This is scathing indictment of the destructive power of collectivism. One of Ayn Rand's best books, it is the story of the struggle of an single individual human mind born into a stale and dead collective society. The hero is a breath of fresh air. It is read well by a female reader and it is written in a clean, simple and appealing style. Highly Recommended!

Very Nice

(5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

The narration was really wonderful. I try not to complain when readers do a poor job, (free after all) but I definately like to point out when someone does such an excellent job of it. I felt that the somewhat monotone reading was actually perfect for the content and character, and she did use some inflections at key points. Again, nice work.

Very Good Book!

(5 stars)

Pyrodin123321

This was a great book, lots of heavy concepts, futuristic and a little scary, this book would fit in well with books like Animal farm, 1984, Brave New world, very dystopic....yet inspiring!

Just another 1948/Fahrenheit 451

(2 stars)

Bilbia

The story itself is just another version of dystopias like 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 where an individual is stripped of their individual rights and treated as a civilization unit instead. These stories seemed to be a big things during the Cold War when they reflected the dystopian image of the big communist enemy but nowadays the idea is used too many times for it to really offer something new. There are numerous things in common for these books, some of which comically unbelievable, like how a love between two human beings can always be started with short gazes and it always goes just the way the main character wishes. This book also ends with a tiring speech about freedom that sounds more than a little bit corny to my ears. The reading is good, but there are minor technical problems with the recording: the volume gets lower and lower the further you get in the book. In the end, I couldn’t crank my car radio any higher and still (at highway speed) could hardly hear the book, yet again my gps blasted my ears out.

I like it so far. wow! a little confusing.

(4 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

It may be science fiction, but this is exactly what is happening to America and other countries today. “ It is a sin to write this “ because they don’t have freedom of speech. That is what is happening to us attacking freedom of speech, want us living in fear, and uneducated like in this book. I am definitely going to finish it. I would like if her other books(Atlas Shrugged and The Red Pawn I.e.) were on here to listen.

recording is a bit Disturbed at the beginning, overall a good re

(3 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

I have a strong feeling that George Orwell 1984 was highly inspired by anthem , regardless i like 1984 and other anti communist books by george Orwell better they usually have a great but sad ending unlike this book which seems to uncover the happy ending from the 9th chapter , which made me zoon out. In my eyes, this will forever be the book that inspired dystopian anti - communist régime novels

(2 stars)

zenbear

Well, this counts as the first time I’ve been able to complete an Ayn Rand book (she’s an infamously dreadful writer.) This is not thanks to the reader. Ms. Theriot gave it her all, but her reading is wooden, awkward, halting, and sophomoric, without a real feeling for the text. It kept reminding me of students reading in a classroom, on orders. I only now notice there are five other versions available. I suggest checking those out first.