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."
[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]
Autore: John Rogers
![There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: <i>
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10254806.The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lord of the Rings</a>
</i> and <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9365.Atlas_Shrugged" title="Atlas Shrugged" rel="nofollow noopener">Atlas Shrugged</a>.</i> 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."<br /><br />[<i>Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera</i>, blog post, March 19, 2009] - John Rogers](/static/img/quotes/366635.jpg)