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In reply to the discussion: Dick Cavett - I knew I loved that guy [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)24. Lucky me I didn't encounter either of those at that age.
I have never been able to get into the Lord of the Rings. High fantasy has never been of interest to me. And when I was about 17 I tried reading Atlas Shrugged. A friend a few years older than I had read it and thought it was the best thing ever. I started it, and while I didn't have the intellect to properly dissect or critique it, I knew that it was garbage, and the the philosophy being promulgated was total b.s., and didn't get past about three or four chapters.
Oh, and I'm not intending to trash LOTR, just that it's a genre that doesn't work for me. I tend to like hard science fiction rather than fantasy.
added on edit: I also don't find the zombie and werewolf books at all appealing, either. That's just me.
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Some of THAT group believes the poor are being punished by God for sinning....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#34
I liken her to the Neocons who also believed themselves the intellectual vanguard over the masses,..
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#51
In this modern world, seems like most nights I'm trying to find one good show out of 378 channels.
BlueJazz
Jan 2015
#9
I was kinda waiting to see if someone else would draw the obvious comparison with Chuck Todd....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2015
#31
I still can't decide if I take more pleasure in Rand's failure as an intellectual...
Tom Ripley
Jan 2015
#32