Description

John has a paper cut, Alison feels seen, and Liz is cheating on her homework.

Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.

Content warnings this episode: racism and sexism (chapter 6)

• Letters of comment
  • Phil Dyson
  • Chris Garcia
  • Bradley Harris
    • “I listened to some of your Octothorpe podcast which was cool in general just because I like to hear the British styles of speech. Also I agree with John that Detroit-style pizza is very good. I too have some food recommendations for Chicago so you may look forward to those (if you want to get a start, look up ‘Jibarito’), yum!”
  • Mark Plummer
• Hugo Voter Packets
• DisCon III has translated their Souvenir Book into Chinese
  • Chengdu Worldcon has a Translation Services Working Division
• Chicon 8 programme participation
  • “Chicon 8 will be using an opt-in program development model.”
• Data in convention planning
  • Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History by Defunctland
  • Len Testa’s model of theme park behaviour
• Picks
  • Alison: Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • John: Paper cuts
  • Liz: Raybearer (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon) and Redemptor (paperback, epub, audiobook, Amazon) by Jordan Ifueko
• Credits
  • Cover art: Brad W Foster
    • Image description: Illustration by Brad W Foster. Three aliens cluster around an old-style radio microphone in turquoise with a red speaker grille and green text saying “ON AIR”. The aliens from left to right are green, pink, and blue and look suspiciously like the hosts of Octothorpe. The title of the podcast is atop the artwork in orange.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)