Speaking of Ayn Rand, sort-of (really, you have to look at that dating site)… big-time objectivist fantasy novelist Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth novels have been turned into a TV show by Sam Raimi (of Spiderman, Xena and Hercules fame). Early reviews say it’s not as fun as its precursors, but it’s shot in Australia so it looks neat and it’s succeeding in syndication in first run. I’m gonna check it out.