Name: Anthem
Rating: 4.40 (2 reviews)
Author: Ayn Rand

Written in 1937 and first published in 1938, Ayn Rand's dystopian novella, Anthem, introduces readers to a future characterized by irrationality, collectivism, socialistic thinking, and economics.  Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur at all), and the concept of individuality has been eliminated.  

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