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What’s your favourite Scalzi title? Here’s a quote attributed from Scalzi:

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head,

Sounds like a retort in haste – he’ll probably deny ownership. The version template of Scalzi in his own mind must have a set of immutable characteristics translatable to the mind of another (preferably non-schizoidal specific) individual. One assumes it’s the imaginary actions of this imaginary version of himself in focus. Could there indeed be more than one version of him inside our heads – including one real, and another imaginary? Are both versions capable of real and imaginary actions? And can we infer from the quote that he is happy to claim full liability for any actions by the real version of him inside our heads?
Airships are a super idea – have the advances in technology since their heyday capable of making a difference in their safety I wonder?
What We Can Know is on the list here – will a future 100 years hence be as he describes?
The mysteries of Brood parasitism are manifold and complex – for instance the time the hatchlings leave the nest before the hosts detect the hijack.