Difference between revisions of "The Value Of Nothing/Two Novels"

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| text = There are two novels that can transform a bookish fourteen-year-old's life: ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''Atlas Shrugged''. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.
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| text = 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.
 
| cite = [[John Rogers]], [http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html Ephemera 2009 (7)]
 
| cite = [[John Rogers]], [http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/03/ephemera-2009-7.html Ephemera 2009 (7)]
 
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