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John is middle, Alison is even sadder, and Liz is sorry.

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Content warnings this episode: Discussion of access issues (chapter 2), wealth privilege (chapter 6)

• Letters of comment
  
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  
  
  • Ali Baker Brooks
  
  
  • Andrew January
    
    • The Eastercon members’ portal
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Caroline Mullan
  
  
  • DC
  
  
  • Farah Mendlesohn
    
    • Critical Friends 8
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Jacob Holder
  
  
  • Mark Plummer
  
  
  • Meg MacDonald
  
  
  
  


• Doc Weir award
  
  • Dave Langford receives the trophy
    
    • Alt text: Dave Langford triumphantly lofts a blue Bag for Life from Tesco, which we are expected to believe contains the Doc Weir trophy. He is standing in front of a house.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• GUFF
  
  • The results
  
  
  
  


• Chengdu 2023
  
  • “The Pidu district of Chengdu announces a 10-year science fiction plan”
  
  
  
  


• Glasgow 2024
  
  • Town Hall Event: Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Glasgow
  
  
  • Town Hall Event: Site Selection Glasgow 2024
  
  
  
  


• Eastercon and money


• Picks
  
  • John: Dredge
  
  
  • Alison: Hopeland by Ian McDonald (paper, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
  
  
  • Liz: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (paper, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
  
  
  
  


• Credits
  
  • Cover art: “Voyagers” by Ulrika O’Brien
    
    • Alt text: The background is a starry, lightning-filled square in blues, purples, and yellows. Atop that, there is a spaceship, somewhat like a rocket, with engines coming out of the sides. There are yellow lights shining from it, and a ladder reaches up to a central archway. John, Alison and Liz are depicted as silhouettes, regarding it with wonder. Their shadows stretch off the canvas, and they look faintly alien or futuristic in a hard-to-define manner.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)