Originally Posted by rubicon

IMHO Blechman spoke a number of truths. I met his neighbors before the book was published and they informed me it was coming out. My brother attests to the fact that Mr. Midnight is a real person and being the competitor he has always been when it came to the ladies believes if he had remained single he would have run circles around Mr Midnight reducing him to dawn dust....Again IMHO he would have.

What I didn't like about the book ( I have read it a number of times) is that Blechmn took the low road more than once with his references to Midnight, the location of minoritity groups the so called STD scandal and criticizing people for making the choice to leave their communities. Village residents since arriving have made as meaningful contribution here as they would have in their previous communities.

The one item that displeases me the most and continues to survive is the myth that this is some sort of a fantasy land. It certainly has many good distraction located in a compact manner but living, suffering and dying is as real here as anywhere and to continue on with this nonsense of a fantasy land negates the very people who have had misfortune visit them.