John is on the periphery, Alison is carving, and Liz went to Japan.
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Content warnings this episode: con artistry, privilege, racism
Letters of comment
Jake Casella Brookins
Sankey diagrams on the Ancillary Review of Books


Ali Baker Brooks
I’m a Fan of That


Christopher J Garcia
Emily January
Kat Kourbeti
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Caroline Mullan
Zoe O’Connell
Roman Orszanski
Booking flights on a phone




Awards
World Fantasy Awards
The Kitschies
Ursula K LeGuin award
Strange Horizons review in two parts: one, two




Oghenochovwe Donald Ekpeki
Erin Cairns has reported that Ekpeki stole a story and passed it off as his own
On Bluesky
On Google Drive
File 770 report


Cairns tried to sound this alarm on X in June
Reactions
Gautam Bhatia
L D Lewis (requires Bluesky login)


Ekpeki’s response
Jason Sanford talks about his reaction to the news: one, two


Picks
John: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Alison: Bridge Command
Alison was given free tickets by the venue’s PR team


Liz: Japan
Neat effects like Tokyo Disneyland’s Pepper’s ghost or Shiriki Utundu
Liz was not given free tickets but if anyone wants to give me free tickets to Disney parks please get in touch




Credits
Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A pumpkin carved with an image of Beetlejuice, with the words “Episode 122” at the top of the image and “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” at the bottom.


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

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