My thanks to Thaedeus Zefuldar on Facebook for this marvelous quote.

[ericcoleman]

"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."

edit who stole it from gamerchick

Comments

[madfilkentist]

Have you actually read Atlas Shrugged? I wouldn't mind discussing it with you, but if all you want to do is ridicule it, it would be a waste of my time.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Prrrrrretty much. :)

[stagger-lee77.livejournal.com]

yes a thousand times yes! i still hold a grudge against supremegoddess1 for asking me to read atlas shrugged.

[guppiecat]

It is worth reading the entirety of this post

[janeg.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the dead-on quote. And I actually did read them fairly close together many years ago. I guess you can guess which got re-read over and over.