[Tony in Hawaii]

I keep forgetting to say thanks. I read every one of your analyses of the chapters and enjoy them very much.

[Billthedrill]

You're most welcome. This thing sort of grew in a direction neither Publius nor I was antipating in the beginning. I remembered the novel as something of an adolescent fantasy (since that's what I was when first I encountered it). Frankly, I found on reading it this time around that I had underestimated Rand. I think a lot of people do.

Chapter 27, now, that one's a real head-cracker. I'm hoping folks stick with us at least until we reach that one, "This Is John Galt Speaking," because there we have to comprehend 60 very dense pages before we can even begin to debate Rand's philosophy. Publius and I are going to try to make that a little more accessible, and I'm hoping we don't ruin it in the process. Or ourselves. ;-)