Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4854965-20141030171631/@comment-25557834-20150223032632

I don't think the Machine is responsible for all the weird stuff in the town. This is because the Author was researching the weird stuff before he started working on the Machine. It is possible that is could have released him, but I have a different theory.

I thing the Machine was built to trap Bill. It seems Bill is always after the Pines, and that we wants those books. Maybe because the a Pine built the machine to trap Bill in another dimension so he can't go though with his plans. What his plans are, I don't know. Also, I think it was a Pine who wrote the books. My theory is Stanly.

But as for Bill and blind Ivan, I have to agree with you there.