Via
makinglight:
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004405.html --astronomer science fiction writer eaten by plush elder god.
http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=161 -- the rebuttal.
[Corrected.]
http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004405.html --
http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/?p=161 -- the rebuttal.
[Corrected.]