1 Because, as an eleven-year-old boy, I desperately wished every day that someone would come and tell me a secret and wisk me away from my mundane, smothering life. Come to think of it, I still wish that. (And the author of that article needs a hug. Bad.) (Come to think of it, so do I.)

2 It seems the Left can distort any subject or issue...I think the author has a bad case of BDS... Create an elaborate alternate reality, add some rich characters and settings, sprinkle with a well-thought-out mythology with good continuity, place the world in danger and some people may buy a book or two to see how it all turns out. Maybe some day, J.K Rowling can hire Chris Suellentrop to pick up after her pooches. She'll pay him "piecework," if she has real sense.

3 Oh, I really think it was a very elaborate goof. But well-done, and dry enough that I kept thinking--despite myself--"hey, wait a minute!"