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“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

I love this quote. But, then again, I read LotR multiple times as a teenager and remain suspicious of Rand.

Hey them be fighting words… about Tolkien, not Rand.

We live in a world where surveillance tech is named after Tolkien fantasies. Fight them, not my words.

What does that have to do with the quality of Tolkien's fiction?

If you care about how I experience Tolkien's work, maybe you care what other people do with it.

I would also put it in the category of too long. Bit of a commitment to pick it up and read cover to cover.