A quick search indicates that more than 7 million copies have been sold. The number of individuals who have purchased the book is perhaps half that? Perhaps a miniseries will be able to tell the whole story. Rand does a great job of developing her characters, as well as the cause/effect when a seemingly minor thing goes wrong.

You can start answering your question by finding out how many copies of the book have been sold.

I wonder if the folks in La La Land (California) got the idea for their billion dollar bullet train from the book.

My wife has not read the book. She thought Part III was the best of the trilogy. I binged Part I & II before seeing Part III. What struck me was how Part II seemed to have improved with age.

Is he in I, II and III, or just II and III?

Have to go back and watch the whole trilogy now. Going to binge it with some people and my daughter, after I get them movies back from my interested friends at work.

she made the bestseller list that year-
http://www.hawes.com/1957/1957-11-10.pdf...

note the 4 above AS on the list are not memorable. But there at least two other books on that list which are well-known.

I think the directors did a good job in capturing Rand's points, within the constraints of a feature length film. I laughed my keester off to see Grover Norquist puffing on a cigar like a crap salesman with a sample in his mouth, during the scene discussing the Grapefruit Express. Heartwarming to see such a free market capitalist playing a role in that scene! I can't imagine how he was able to keep a straight face.

I read it every four years, during the election year.

When the book was written, it was not an immediate hit. It's intimidating length and many characters, and "unusual" point of view were daunting. But like an avalanche, it built momentum until it became one of the most popular books of all time. I think that the movie trilogy might well experience the same thing.

Who was it? I didn't really notice who stayed the course.

I will finally see #3 next month. It is near the top of my Netflix queue with a statement beside it: Available 2/3/2015.
I'm still wondering why #3 was not for sale before Christmas. The $$$ of positive selfishness?
I have a brother who would have most certainly gifted that instead of the Alabama football fan sweater. Oh, well, I'll eventually have both cheap.

An interesting exercise and an imaginative twist. One element doesn't ring true however. Joe Arpaio would never go on strike after hearing the speech. Joe is a former DEA agent and lifetime statist who enjoys wielding governmental power. He is not a fan of Rand.

I remember reading Atlas Shrugged a few years ago, and my heart sinking as I realized this was happening. A friend of mine is a huge fan of the book, he also agreed.

This book and philosophy behind the book make me try very hard to be a maker and not a taker! In my heart, I want to be chosen to go to Galt's Gultch...

I've got the third installment of Atlas Shrugged on order and anxious to see it.

I might add that I too would like to see at least a cameo of Ellis Wyatt.

Yours in anticipation

Terry Wyatt

"Girls" is trumpeted as a hit with viewership of 1.1 million. Morning Joe is kept, even though it's daily viewership is 350k. How many people have read Atlas Shrugged?

I noticed a lot of thematic changes.

Robert Stadler comes to a horrifying realization of the logical endpoint of his philosophy, and his associations. He does not try at the last minute to play the gangster, only to find out how a real gangster fights.

And Mulligan's Militia decides to snatch Eddie.

I had a better idea:

Eddie goes west, before Dr. Stadler's last meeting with John Galt. Eddie tells everybody he's going to San Francisco to negotiate a "treaty" with factions fighting a three-way civil war in California. But what he's actually planning is his own escape, and an attempt to reach Dan Conway in Maricopa County, Arizona (the seat of which is, of course, Phoenix, the southern terminus of the Phoenix-Durango Railroad).

The Comet breaks down out of Flagstaff, and the wagon train meets it. But this time Eddie agrees to join the wagon train--and as his fare, he offers them a destination, namely Maricopa County.

That evening, a small squadron of helicopters meets the wagon train. Aboard it:

Dan Conway, now hoping to re-activate the Phoenix-Durango RR.

Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, the long-running Sheriff of Maricopa County, who called his own great strike when John Galt made The Speech.

We leave it with Eddie signing on as Dan Conway's special assistant, as Conway puts together a crew to re-lay the rail back to Durango, Colorado--where, one may presume, Dagny Taggart can meet them, after driving a tunnel through the Red Mountains, under the now-abandoned switchbacks of the Million Dollar Highway.

I am hoping it is not too late now.

I am indeed, though I had found out about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged a couple of years ago. She hit the nail on the head with Atlas Shrugged as we see it happening around us, but too many people have their heads in the sand. They will know she was right, but it will be too late.

Yes. Sounds like it is in the initial planning stage now. Should be a great way to really develop the characters and plot lines.

They are thinking about making a mini series!

I am very grateful that this movie series was ever made. I had predicted, long ago, that it would never happen. The changes in the casting did not bother me, mostly due to the time gap between the parts.

I hope the investors are able to break even or earn a profit. They deserve a reward for their efforts. I have read the book numerous times but I think the message is so important that exposing the story to as many people and in as many ways as possible is very important. Perhaps there will be those, in the future, that think they can do all or parts of the film better and there will be sequels.

I do some binge watching on Netflix, Mad Men, Downton Abbey, Marco Polo, Boss, House of Cards, Best of Youth, etc. and always think about how great it would be to have about 48 episodes of Atlas Shrugged.

I agree I loved him as Galt!