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"Shagged at Last (The Sequel)"
Written while she was still alive, but published posthumously after her death in 1982, "Shagged At Last" is the posthumous sequel to Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction, "Atlas Shrugged" (not counting "Shagged At Last").
In this novel, she dramatizes the shortcomings of her unique Objectivist philosophy through an intellectual mystery story and magical mystery tour that intertwines sex, ethics, sex, metaphysics, sex, epistemology, sex, politics, sex, economics, sex, whatever and sex.
Reconsidering her worldview, she concludes that, in order to be truly beneficial tosociety individuals, sex must not be just the fun bit between the serious parts, it requires serious love action between the private parts.
In this sequel (which is the equal of the prequel to the sequel), Ayn Rand abandons Objectivism and embraces Sex Activism, without endorsing either Active Sexism or Subjectivism.
Likewise, she urges us to abandon the Protestant Work Ethic and embrace the Catholic Sex Ethic.
Her motto: No Safety Net, No Protection.
Where Have All the Objectivists Gone?
Set in the near-future [30 years after the time of writing in 1982] in a U.S.A. whose economy has collapsed as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators, industrialists, bankers, auditors, entrepreneurs, Republicans, bond-holders, futurists, financial advisers, chartered accountants and middle management after the re-election of a Democratic President, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life:
...from the playboy genius who becomes a worthless and unproductive executive in charge of a global television network...
...to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction as well as that of all those around him in rural China...
...to the intellectual property pirate and paedophile who becomes a neo-conservative philosopher and born-again, forgive-again tele-evangelist...
...to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad into the ground and under the river via the world's longest, most expensive architecturally-designed and least utilised tunnel...
...to the lowest paid track worker in her train tunnels who can't afford to come to work by private or public transport, and must walk 20 miles and swim across the river for the privilege of a fair day's work and an unfair day's pay so that his wife can be treated for inoperable cancer and herpes, and each of their children can afford an iPad and unlimited cable access so they can watch the film of the book online on the website of a global television network managed by a worthless and unproductive executive...
...all because they have fallen victim to the political philosophy of Objectivism and have not discovered the pleasures of unprotected tantric sex.
Spoiler
If you want to know who the female protagonist has deep and meaningless sex with, read the book or open the following spoiler at your own peril (to avoid disappointment, don't view the spoiler. Now.):
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Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with larger than life accoutrements, struggling with towering questions of good and evil, and an adolescent's curiosity and enthusiasm for sex, "Shagged At Last" is a philosophical revolution told in the form of a soft-focus, hard-core action thriller with conveniently positioned tax-deductible PowerPoint slides explaining Objectivism from an historical point of view and revealing the correct use of all body parts from an hysterical point of view.
Disclaimer:
The televisualisation of the hysterical perspective is currently subject to the formalisation of contractual relations with Manny and Jessica Rabbit.
Ayn Rand Plays Lady Macbeth
You won't find in me
The milk of human kindness,
Just dire cruelty.
Only Her Self to Blame
Rand's philosophy
Fucked a whole generation
With its selfishness.
Turn Me On and Turn Me Off
Your fans are turned on
By Sex Objectivism
But it turns me off.
Written while she was still alive, but published posthumously after her death in 1982, "Shagged At Last" is the posthumous sequel to Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction, "Atlas Shrugged" (not counting "Shagged At Last").
In this novel, she dramatizes the shortcomings of her unique Objectivist philosophy through an intellectual mystery story and magical mystery tour that intertwines sex, ethics, sex, metaphysics, sex, epistemology, sex, politics, sex, economics, sex, whatever and sex.
Reconsidering her worldview, she concludes that, in order to be truly beneficial to
In this sequel (which is the equal of the prequel to the sequel), Ayn Rand abandons Objectivism and embraces Sex Activism, without endorsing either Active Sexism or Subjectivism.
Likewise, she urges us to abandon the Protestant Work Ethic and embrace the Catholic Sex Ethic.
Her motto: No Safety Net, No Protection.
Where Have All the Objectivists Gone?
Set in the near-future [30 years after the time of writing in 1982] in a U.S.A. whose economy has collapsed as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators, industrialists, bankers, auditors, entrepreneurs, Republicans, bond-holders, futurists, financial advisers, chartered accountants and middle management after the re-election of a Democratic President, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life:
...from the playboy genius who becomes a worthless and unproductive executive in charge of a global television network...
...to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction as well as that of all those around him in rural China...
...to the intellectual property pirate and paedophile who becomes a neo-conservative philosopher and born-again, forgive-again tele-evangelist...
...to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad into the ground and under the river via the world's longest, most expensive architecturally-designed and least utilised tunnel...
...to the lowest paid track worker in her train tunnels who can't afford to come to work by private or public transport, and must walk 20 miles and swim across the river for the privilege of a fair day's work and an unfair day's pay so that his wife can be treated for inoperable cancer and herpes, and each of their children can afford an iPad and unlimited cable access so they can watch the film of the book online on the website of a global television network managed by a worthless and unproductive executive...
...all because they have fallen victim to the political philosophy of Objectivism and have not discovered the pleasures of unprotected tantric sex.
Spoiler
If you want to know who the female protagonist has deep and meaningless sex with, read the book or open the following spoiler at your own peril (to avoid disappointment, don't view the spoiler. Now.):
(view spoiler)
Get Your Copy Free or Pay for It and Get a 200% Tax Deduction
Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with larger than life accoutrements, struggling with towering questions of good and evil, and an adolescent's curiosity and enthusiasm for sex, "Shagged At Last" is a philosophical revolution told in the form of a soft-focus, hard-core action thriller with conveniently positioned tax-deductible PowerPoint slides explaining Objectivism from an historical point of view and revealing the correct use of all body parts from an hysterical point of view.
Disclaimer:
The televisualisation of the hysterical perspective is currently subject to the formalisation of contractual relations with Manny and Jessica Rabbit.
Ayn Rand Plays Lady Macbeth
You won't find in me
The milk of human kindness,
Just dire cruelty.
Only Her Self to Blame
Rand's philosophy
Fucked a whole generation
With its selfishness.
Turn Me On and Turn Me Off
Your fans are turned on
By Sex Objectivism
But it turns me off.
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BB, I think the film calls for Jessica Rabbit and Troy DeNuthe, while perhaps it could be helmed by Clem DeMenthe?
Manny, there's a role available for you, provided you're prepared to turn around or roll over.
Some would call it a bit part, but either way, it promises to be a revelation, if not a revolution.
Manny, there's a role available for you, provided you're prepared to turn around or roll over."
I am delighted to accept. People keep asking why they never see me and Jessica Rabbit together, and I am tired of their sleazy insinuations.
If so, Manny will have the obligation to fund the production costs in return for an Executive Producer credit, a t-shirt and a folding chair with his name on it.
Holy sacred cow, Jason, I've just seen how many likes your review has.
Ian, it is funny. I had like, 12 votes for the first 10 months that review was posted, and then suddenly it took off.
If so, Manny will have the obligation to fund the production costs in return for an Executive Producer credit, a t-shirt and a folding chair with his name on it."
Ms Rabbit has agreed to cover half the budget as long as we each get 3% of the gross. But she wants her own folding chair, she utterly refuses to bring her own or sit in my lap.
She never was shy to opine.
And one day, for fun,
Penned doctrine for one:
“Now bow to and sex me, you swine!”
You won't find in me
The milk of human kindness,
Just dire cruelty.
I wonder if that news would have Ayn Rand turning over in her grave, or rising from it to applaud. Maybe with a wolf whistle for one of her biggest fans, that VP-to-be...
You won't find in me
The milk of human kindness,
Just dire cruelty."
i love this.
"Written while she was still alive, but published posthumously after her death in 1982, "Shagged At Last" is the posthumous sequel to.." Perhaps just as well...
Thanks, mark. This was a serendipitous response to Steve, partly prompted by Bird Brian's recent review of Macbeth.
Thanks, Traveller. Long time, no speaky.
Rand's philosophy
Fucked a whole generation
With its selfishness.
Your fans are turned on
By Sex Objectivism
But it turns me off.
Thanks, Jonathan. We all have to have some fun, too.
I must show that to Mr Traveller, who nostalgically collects Biggles memorabilia.
Oh no, there can't already be a Mr Traveller. You've dashed all my hopes.
(Quite rightly)
a falling armadillo
Quite rightly
Got to love those mondegreens
Not to mention Fed fan, Alan Greenspan,
Her selfish paeans I have shrugged.
Who needs getting intellectually mugged?
And Ayn's didactics are philosophically bland.
I was trying to remember that word last week. Now I know who to call.
I wonder if anybody at the Federal Reserve reads verse or just Ayn Rand re-heated and re-served?
Haha. You should have asked me this when I was in London.
Or sometimes the other way round? Except for the revolution part.