(I meant to say that I thought one of the reasons there's a pretty heavy overlap between mystery readers and sff readers is exactly the commonality of the puzzle-solving, but it dropped out the bottom of my head.)
True, and an excellent point -- although of course the readership overlap is far from total. I'm a case in point, as you know; I like SFF puzzles and litfic puzzles, but mystery-flavored puzzles are not my bag, as a rule. And certainly there are many people who read mysteries but not SFF. I think you're right that there's a meaningful kinship there; it's just that I think of that kinship as cognitive rather than limited by genre.
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(I meant to say that I thought one of the reasons there's a pretty heavy overlap between mystery readers and sff readers is exactly the commonality of the puzzle-solving, but it dropped out the bottom of my head.)
True, and an excellent point -- although of course the readership overlap is far from total. I'm a case in point, as you know; I like SFF puzzles and litfic puzzles, but mystery-flavored puzzles are not my bag, as a rule. And certainly there are many people who read mysteries but not SFF. I think you're right that there's a meaningful kinship there; it's just that I think of that kinship as cognitive rather than limited by genre.