I Am John Galt: Today's Heroic Innovators Building the World and the Villainous Parasites Destroying It. Inspired by Ayn Rand's characters in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, penetrating profiles of both the innovators who move our world forward and those who seek to destroy the achievement of others. Brings Rand's iconic characters and themes into the 21st century. The similarities between her fictional novels and real-world people and events described in this book are truly remarkable.