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I liked reading Rand much as I liked reading Tolkien. Now if I try to read either, the fantasy just doesn't work anymore. Oh and even back then Atlas Shrugged

by lolc 1y ago

I liked reading Rand much as I liked reading Tolkien. Now if I try to read either, the fantasy just doesn't work anymore. Oh and even back then Atlas Shrugged was too damn preachy.

throwaway422432 1y ago
I would also put it in the category of too long. Bit of a commitment to pick it up and read cover to cover.
adastra22 1y ago
Hey them be fighting words… about Tolkien, not Rand.
- lolc 1y ago
  We live in a world where surveillance tech is named after Tolkien fantasies. Fight them, not my words.
  - adastra22 1y ago
    What does that have to do with the quality of Tolkien's fiction?
    - lolc 1y ago
      If you care about how I experience Tolkien's work, maybe you care what other people do with it.
slyall 1y ago
“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
- pjmorris 1y ago
  I love this quote. But, then again, I read LotR multiple times as a teenager and remain suspicious of Rand.