There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life:
The Lord of the Rings and
Atlas Shrugged.
One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession
with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted,
socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The
other, of course, involves orcs.-Rogers (http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html)
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession
with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted,
socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The
other, of course, involves orcs.-Rogers (http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html)
Tolkein vs Rand
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