A lot of it might not make sense if you don't know the Disney parks at all. Doctorow well-known as a Disney nerd, and a lot of Disney fans think The Haunted Man

A lot of it might not make sense if you don't know the Disney parks at all. Doctorow well-known as a Disney nerd, and a lot of Disney fans think The Haunted Mansion is the best of all possible Disney rides. DAOITMK is a (thinly) veiled critique of fandom as an institution and an early (to me at least) preview of the bright and dark sides of fandom.