:) Thank you! I may be subconsciously influenced by Scalzi and someone else comparing it to Ender's Game and Tolkien, in being loved by teenage intellectuals. I felt the comparison was unfairly scathing, but quite apt; I should probably make a comic from it.
[1] "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... involves orcs." -- Kung Fu Monkey
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Date: 2010-11-03 06:20 pm (UTC)[1] "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... involves orcs." -- Kung Fu Monkey