John is doing Discord, Liz is doing programme, and Alison isn’t working on the Worldcon.
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Letters of comment
Karen Schaffer
Peach and bourbon pie


Chris Garcia
Peter Sullivan
Kat Kourbeti
Facebook
Farah Mendlesohn
Mike Scott
The Great Paladin Hunt by Mike Brunton


Malcolm Hutchison
Jonny Baddeley




Glasgow 2024
Glasgow 2024 Worldcon Community Group on Facebook
Cerebus
Humble Bundle
Reviews by Tom Ewing


Why is Alison collecting a big pile of con badges?
The Streisand Effect
(I know I got it slightly wrong in the episode!)






Awards
2024 Locus Award winners
2024 Nebula Award winners


Antipodes
Brisbane in 2028
File 770 report (with details of their socials/mailing list)
Worldcon 1939
Minneapolis in 2073: Progress Report 11
Torched by Alissa Walker


Continuity 2024
The 2024 New Zealand NatCon
John spent ages assuming that the above was just the online portal, but it is in fact the convention website
There is some backstory on this at SFFANZ




Picks
John: Alan Wake 2
Saga Anderson’s sweater
I didn’t mention it on the podcast at all and it’s just for you, the show note reader, but I was watching this sketch when I was waiting for Alison and Liz this morning: ”Beavis and Butt-Head” from SNL


Alison: Animal Well
Liz: Will Anderson’s YouTube channel about Scrabble


Credits
Cover art: “Massive Lizard” by Alison Scott
Alt text: Three stick figures run from Godzilla, who is depicted in the style of Godzilla Minus One. The words “Octothorpe 113” used to be at the top of the art, but Godzilla has knocked off the letters “O C T O”, is holding “H”, and is trying to eat “T”.


Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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