Re:LOTR winning "Book of the Century"... (Score 1)

"Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)? nobody has heard of this outside of the US. On a litterary viewpoint it's nothing more than a loooong rant. Extremely monotonous."

Have you ever finished it (or even read it at all)? I'll grant you the first 1/3 is slow going, but I read it before my illumination as to Ms. Rand's political bent and I still thought the story was quite engrossing (that from a guy who lives/dies by Ren and Stimpy ;-)