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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:08:14 -0700 (PDT), calvin    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Jul 7, 1:46 am, 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.   
   >   
   >I've read The Lord of the Rings three times all the way through,   
   >and parts of it many more times, all starting at age 26.   
   >   
   >I've read Atlas Shrugged three times all the way through,   
   >and parts of it many more times, all starting at age 24   
   >   
   >I wonder how many of the people who 'like' that quotation   
   >have read both books?   
      
   I first read "Lord of the Rings" at age 25, and have read it about 6-7 times   
   since then.   
      
   I read "Atlas shrugged" at age 30, for the first and only time.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes   
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