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tomg

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50. I also read Ayn Rand at about that age. As they say

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:25 PM

Aug 2018

“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." ascribed to John Rogers

I found Tolkien around the same time. I take it Ryan was not as fortunate.

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Either That. . . ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #49

I also read Ayn Rand at about that age. As they say tomg Aug 2018 #50

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