Author John Scalzi explains what should be obvious: that science fiction readers are heterogeneous and that while there is some overlap between audiences, different books appeal to different people. Read the full story.

... and someone gets confused. Ok, I'm not really confused: more like mystified. Boing-Boing blogger-turned-science fiction writer Cory Doctorow's new book Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is a weird mix of geek-centric technology and post-modern mythology that is either brilliant or moronic.

I'll need to read more before I know for sure, but either way the novel's disconcerting. The book's about a man named Alan. Or Albert. Or Alfred. Or whatever -- the main character's name changes constantly based on whom he's talking to.