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This was the novel that made a libertarian out of me.

Originally Posted by Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Show, June 2, 2010

The [novel] was written in 1979. Alongside ... Morning? Something like that. It reads exactly like my show. It does! You know what the story is? A guy who is an economic expert has been saying "The economy is collapsing! The economy is collapsing and the government is going to seize control!" Everything is out of control. He lives in New York City. His son is called from school. He's told that your father has died; you've got to go home right away. He takes out these blue notes because hyperinflation has come -- his father was right -- hyperinflation has come. He's bartering with the cab driver to be able to get home. He's bargaining with him -- "How many blue notes do you have?" -- because money is over. He gets to the apartment and Dad is standing there: "Listen. Go get the gold. We gotta get out." "But, Dad, they told me you were dead." "We've got to get out; it was a ruse to give us time to get out." The son goes and gets the hold that he had hidden in New York, puts it in a belt, starts to come back ... and Dad and the family now are gone. Been picked up by the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice has built concentration camps! It's an interesting read! I don't remember who wrote it. It doesn't take you long to read it. I read it in a day. I don't think it's a big book. I read it on Kindle. But it's good. I don't agree with everything in it. But it's a good read and written in 1979! Phenomenal! Phenomenal!

Originally Posted by Congressman Ron Paul

J. Neil Schulman’s Alongside Night may be even more relevant today than it was in 1979. Hopefully, the special thirtieth anniversary edition of this landmark work of libertarian science fiction will inspire a new generation of readers to learn more about the ideas of liberty and become active in the freedom movement.

Originally Posted by Milton Friedman, Nobel laureate in Economics

An absorbing novel--science fiction, yet also a cautionary tale with a disturbing resemblance to past history and future possibilities.

Originally Posted by Science Fiction Review

Probably the best libertarian novel since Atlas Shrugged.