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.[via Balloon Juice]
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Ayn Rand
Charlie Sykes is re-reading "Atlas Shrugged" ... Here's John Rogers:
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"The other, of course, involves orcs."
...love it.
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