"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.”

[John Rogers, Kung Fu Monkey – Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]