#johngalt — Public Fediverse posts

There’s a selection of Galt’s works available as free ebooks on @gutenberg_org

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/588?sort_order=title

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

John Galt’s fictional works – poised between Enlightenment and Romanticism – are sharp political satires & fascinating chronicles of Scottish life. Our INTERNATIONAL COMPANION to Galt is available in print, or online via Project MUSE

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/companions/ic5/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

“Between Whigs and Tories I can make no distinction,—a Tory is but a Whig in office, and a Whig but a Tory in opposition”

—John Galt, THE MEMBER (1832). Described as “the first political novel tout court”, it’s available as an ebook from @canongatebooks

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https://canongate.co.uk/books/228-the-member-and-the-radical/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

“I was in love with the book. In pure, ignorant defiance of the decree of the Iowa Writing School that controls almost all modern fiction, Galt tells without showing.”

—Ursula K. Le Guin discusses John Galt’s 1821 novel ANNALS OF THE PARISH

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https://www.publicbooks.org/b-sides-john-galts-annals-parish/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt #Ursulakleguin

“[Galt’s] realism is hard-headed, his compassion is tough-minded, his humour contagious but tainted with the sense that chaos and catastrophe are never far away”

—Prof Alan Riach on the fiction of John Galt (1779–1839), born #OTD, 2 May – a 🎂🧵

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https://www.thenational.scot/news/15683482.john-galts-stories-of-19th-century-scots-life-still-resonate-today/

#Scottish #literature #satire #politics #politicalfiction #18thcentury #19thcentury #enlightenment #romanticism #JohnGalt

So the evil bureaucrats offer John Galt a job, but he refuses, so they crucify him on an electrical machine.
Unfortunately the fuse blows, but the last man to understand electricity is the one being killed, the bureaucrats leave

Then in a scene, surely plagiarised by the Wachowski's in the Matrix, Taggart dressed in black rescues Galt and takes him back to Zion, I mean Atlantis .. or whatever the place is.. as the lights go out across the city, the revolution begins

#johngalt #AtlasShrugged

Who made the cotton. That their cool blue denim clothes are made out of. While they live in Walden, Massachusetts. I guess it's tariffs or something.

#JohnGalt

So a bunch of billionaires live in billionaire park, chopping wood and living next to Henry Thoreau's cabin, moaning about how the plebs are stupid

#JohnGalt

The John Galt Society offers a grant of up to ₤500 towards research projects – archival & digital – into the works, life & influence of John Galt. Applications are welcome from PhD students, early-career researchers, contingent faculty & independent scholars

@litstudies

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #JohnGalt

https://thejohngaltsociety.com/research-grant/

Stopping the motor of the world does take a toll.

source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3clzspoh6Q/

#JohnGalt #AtlasShrugged #WhoIsJohnGalt #AynRand #Objectivism #philosophy #bookstodon

“The essence of life is the achievement of #joy, not the escape from pain.” —#AynRand https://aynrand.org/archives/letters/letter-472/

#values #happiness #AtlasShrugged #DagnyTaggart #JohnGalt #Objectivism #philosophy

https://aynrand.org/novels/atlas-shrugged/

your #johngalt comment messed so badly with my head that i had to recorrect the name, cause i wrote john galt first. XD ..cudos!

I honestly thought that #JohnMastodon was a spoof on #JohnGalt. Not at all an accurate story, but Ayn Rand fans will appreciate the connection.

How #things #change .
No one asks who is John Galt any more.
The question now is: Who is John Mastodon?

#johngalt #johnmastodon
(Yes, I just created a tag for the new mysterious John.)