A literary intellectual who recounts the history of the U-Write-It publishing phenomenon and argues that its failure was due to the general public's indifference to classic literature.

A well-known, fiercely protective critic who viewed U-Write-It as a 'Black Mass' and a disgraceful desecration of classic literature, warning of a 'new sadism'.

A commentator for the Christian Science Monitor who falsely attributed the failure of U-Write-It to the public's inherent 'sense and rectitude'.

A shrewd novelist who secretly assembled his book 'War in the Dark' using a French U-Write-It set and successfully won the prestigious Prix Femina.

A cynic who concluded that the U-Write-It venture failed because the modern public is simply too lazy to commit active transgressions themselves.