Spoiler alert.

Roy Edroso has the bottom line on Atlas Shrugged...

The secret ingredient in Rand's Objectivist tale is magic beans.

Stay tuned for Part 2: Atlas Farts.

From the "Fair warning" file.

John Rogers...

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, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.