XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: apteryx@xtra.co.nz   
      
   On 7/07/2011 5:46 p.m., Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > "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."   
   >   
   > I saw that on Jeffrey Turner's sig in the alt.usage.english newsgroup. I   
   don't   
   > know if it was original with him, or an unattributed quotation from someone   
   > else, but I liked it, so I thought I'd put it here.   
      
   It is commonly attributed to John Rogers -   
   http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/264571.John_Rogers   
      
   Apteryx   
      
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