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John is horrified, Alison is spelunking, and Liz is detecting.

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• Letters of comment
  
  
  
  • Ali Baker Brooks
  
  
  • Andrew Hogg
    
    
    
    • 4D Golf
    
    
    • Braid
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Archipelacon 2
  
  
  • Caroline Mullan
  
  
  • Chris Garcia
    
    
    
    • Some accusations against Ekpeki have been disproved
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Farah Mendlesohn
  
  
  • Ivan Sinha
  
  
  • Jonny Baddeley
  
  
  • June Young
    
    
    
    • Aurora Australis Alerts
    
    
    • Aurora Now
    
    
    • AuroraWatch UK
    
    
    • SpaceWeatherLive
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • MonkeyKing
  
  
  • Roseanna Pendlebury
  
  
  • Shia Lia
  
  
  • Tommy Ferguson
    
    
    
    • Reconnect
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Upcoming conventions
  
  
  
  • Eastercon 2026: Iridescence at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole
    
    
    
    • Bid chaired by Phil Dyson
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Eastercon 2027: Glasgow
    
    
    
    • Bid chaired by Alan Fleming and David Bamford
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Eastercon 2028: Gateshead?
  
  
  • Novacon 2025
  
  
  • Conrunner 2026
    
    
    
    • To be chaired by Esther MacCallum-Stewart in February
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • WisCONline 2025
  
  
  • Edmonton 2030
  
  
  
  


• Picks
  
  
  
  • John: Mothership
    
    
    
    • Mothership Month
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Alison: Caves of Qud
  
  
  • Liz: Rise of the Golden Idol
  
  
  • (Sorry that they’re all games, Mark)
  
  
  
  


• Credits
  
  
  
  • Cover art: “Ohmudillo” by Sophie van Setten
    
    
    
    • Alt text: The Glasgow 2024 logo drawn in pencils and crayon, but across the middle there is a segmented creature with eight eyes and mandibles. At the top, the words “Octothorpe 124” appear in blue.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)