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Episode Synopsis
John is exchanging, Alison is rekindling her sensawunda, and Liz is watching the builders.
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We are fifty! That’s kind of unbelievable.
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Bill Burns
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What’s our favourite beer style?
Chris Garcia
Peter Sullivan on Twitter
Podcast corner:
Liz has been listening to the Caribbean SF Podcast
Brandon O’Brien Can You Sign My Tentacle?
Karen Lord The Plague Doctors
Convention corner:
Redemption has been postponed by a year
Corflu Pangloss has been postponed by six months
The FAAn awards have not moved
The TAFF Free eBooks page
TAFF voting is here
Alison says “Anders for TAFF!”
John is pro-Dill Chips (Fia)
Professor Esther MacCallum-Stewart’s inaugural lecture is on Dungeons and Dragons and is being streamed online
The BSFA Awards Long List
Thank you to whoever nominated us!
The Vimes Boots index
Picks
John: Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey (hardback, epub, Kindle)
Alison: The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (hardback, epub, Kindle)
Tweet
Liz: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (paperback, epub, Kindle)
Music credits
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.
We are fifty! That’s kind of unbelievable.
Letters of comment
Bill Burns
Dave Coxon
You can follow us on:
BoardGameGeek (John, Alison)
Goodreads (John, Alison, Liz)
Letterboxd (John, Alison)
Untappd (John, Alison, Liz)
What’s our favourite beer style?
Chris Garcia
Peter Sullivan on Twitter
Podcast corner:
Liz has been listening to the Caribbean SF Podcast
Brandon O’Brien Can You Sign My Tentacle?
Karen Lord The Plague Doctors
Convention corner:
Redemption has been postponed by a year
Corflu Pangloss has been postponed by six months
The FAAn awards have not moved
The TAFF Free eBooks page
TAFF voting is here
Alison says “Anders for TAFF!”
John is pro-Dill Chips (Fia)
Professor Esther MacCallum-Stewart’s inaugural lecture is on Dungeons and Dragons and is being streamed online
The BSFA Awards Long List
Thank you to whoever nominated us!
The Vimes Boots index
Picks
John: Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey (hardback, epub, Kindle)
Alison: The Actual Star by Monica Byrne (hardback, epub, Kindle)
Tweet
Liz: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (paperback, epub, Kindle)
Music credits
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license
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