Okay, I've been sitting here trying to figure out why the name John Scalzi sounds familiar, and finally, it dawned on me. Years ago, when I was fairly new to the Interwebs, AOL made a rather ill-advised attempt to host a blogging site, and Scalzi worked for them, blogging and advising/troubleshooting for users. I even exchanged a couple emails with him on the subject. I believe his first book was just published at the time. I always meant to read it. Still haven't gotten to it. :P