This showed up on my radar courtesy of Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and notorious liberal pit bull.

He describes it as the best summary of Ayn Rand's influence he's ever come across, and I have to not only agree, but feel compelled to spread it throughout all geekdom.

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes...