That's a lot of nits.

Did you know the guy who wrote this lives in Bloomington, IN?

No Bart, I did not notice that!

I thought it was a beautiful specimen of the nerdly urge, a triumph of obessiveness.

look! A ROX guest appearance:

http://rox.com/people/phil_eskew/

ah, ob-S-essiveness, sorry.

He misses the whole thing about how the books didn't have closing credits.

LOL! I've known Phil for many years. He's also a recent grad from the IU "School" of Library and Info Science. Apprently he has not yet found a job.

That would be "apparently" (although "almost certainly" would suit as well).