Editorial: Editorially speaking, the novel's been read and re-read about a hundred times by myself and others with an eye toward catching grammar, spelling and continuity errors. Be that as it may, a few will almost certainly still exist; I'll fix 'em as I catch them (or they are reported to me). Be that as it may, I don't expect you'll find any more errors than you'd find in a bound and printed book. I remember reading that a version of James Joyce's Ulysses released about a decade ago fixed, on average, an error a page. True, this ain't Ulysses. But then, it also doesn't have an error a page, either.

If you find any editorial errors, by all means let me know at john@scalzi.com.

This book is a work of fiction, of course. Any resemblance between characters in the book and people living or dead is a coincidence of amazing proportions. Names of celebrities are used but should not in any way be construed to represent these folks factually — in short, everything in the book is made up in my own silly little head.

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If you find you can't live by this agreement, you shouldn't continue on this site or with the novel. Flee, flee, as fast as your mouse clicks will carry you.

Heck, you say, just give me the short version or the reader agreement. Fine: Don't steal the novel. That's pretty much the gist of it. Elaborations on this theme await you below.