author: John Rogers content: '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.' id: 51ee1a20-00e3-4955-980a-dcb8d756008c