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“Sophomore portal” books: You’re likely to read them 17-21, with median at ~19 — Ayn Rand — GEB — HHG — Alchemist — Pirsig They seem optimized to have a profound effect in that range, be inaccessible if you’re younger (unless you’re precocious) and underwhelming if you’re older
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:) Definitely high-quality trolling to diss the books people found intensely formative Even better would have been listing red flags per book. That would have riled people up! But I think this kind of plausible-deniability trolling is the best we can expect from an HHG fan ;)
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