How many have read " Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged" ? ...and what did you think?

For many years I have heard folks mention Ayn Rand's last novel "Atlas Shrugged" and wondered what it was all about. So a while ago, while visiting my mom I saw she had a copy. I asked her if she had read it and she said she had bought it, but had many more to read before she got to it.

So... I ended up with a 1300 page hard-bound book to read ☺

I am finally in the last chapter and I am stunned with the clarity with which she writes (about a mythical US in a time of railroads and industrialists), and how it relates to our world today. Some of her plot is far-fetched science fiction, but most of the novel is about the tendencies of people to withdraw from the public spotlight and about government run amok without regard to those who are true producers in society.

I must say it was a slow start, but it got a hold of me and has kept me up late!

Very much an eye-opener into where our country is headed today, but written in 1957!

If you have read it - chime in with your thoughts. If not - find a copy. You can download free PDF's of it online. If I had it to do over I would have loaded it on my ipad, but my arms have bulked up after lifting it for so many days ☺

Let the comments begin...