re: #579 Slumbering Behemoth

Sometimes I wish I had read Rand in my teens or early twenties, so that I might have a deeper appreciation for how terribly she sucked.

I’m passed the age of having patience for that kind of tripe, though, so I feel like I have missed out a little.

Yeah, I read the Fountainhead when I was 15. Tried Atlas Shrugged at 17 and had already outgrown it.

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.