it took me a while, but i found it to be better than The Fountainhead... it was so weird how all the shite going on in the story was paralleled with everything going on in politics, economics and our country today... there were also a number of times when there were little references in my day to day that reflected characters in the book...
1 - one day I'm sitting in the office and maintenance is doing some construction work near me and i hear a guy say "I got to call Hank, get me some steel beams"!!!
2- on my pack of Natural American Sprits (cigs) there was a ad in the form of a note from a customer saying how he liked the company and the cigs and his name was Hugh A"

WEIRD!!!! I love you Dagny!!!