Listen "67: Straight Back to Star Wars"
Episode Synopsis
John has hairspray, Alison has a tiara, and Liz has a necklace.
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Content warnings this episode: Falling out of boats (chapter 8)
Letters of comment
Chris Garcia
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Conventions
Chicon 8
Dragon Con
Pemmi-con
Gen Con
Chicago
Morse Museum of American Art (not in Chicago)
Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugo Award statistics
Picks:
Alison: Phantom Peak
Liz: The Founders trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett
Foundryside (epub, paperback, Amazon)
Shorefall (epub, paperback, Amazon)
Locklands (epub, paperback, Amazon)
John: Galaxy’s Edge
Credits
Cover art: “Alison Phones It In” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A commemorative plate with a blue rim which says “Octothorpe 67” and “Number #2 in an obviously infinite series” on it. Within that there is another commemorative plate with a purple rim edged in gold, and gold writing which says “Octothorpe 64” and the names of the hosts on that rim. In the centre, three figures; John on the left, giving a thumbs up in a yellow Star Trek uniform with ocular implants like Rutherford’s in Lower Decks; Alison in the centre wearing a red Star Trek uniform; and Liz on the right wearing a blue Star Trek uniform with blue-green skin and pointy ears. We each have a single command pip. In the top-right corner there is text reading “UNIQUE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Falling out of boats (chapter 8)
Letters of comment
Chris Garcia
Facebook, Twitter, assorted other mentions
Conventions
Chicon 8
Dragon Con
Pemmi-con
Gen Con
Chicago
Morse Museum of American Art (not in Chicago)
Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady
Art Institute of Chicago
Hugo Award statistics
Picks:
Alison: Phantom Peak
Liz: The Founders trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett
Foundryside (epub, paperback, Amazon)
Shorefall (epub, paperback, Amazon)
Locklands (epub, paperback, Amazon)
John: Galaxy’s Edge
Credits
Cover art: “Alison Phones It In” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A commemorative plate with a blue rim which says “Octothorpe 67” and “Number #2 in an obviously infinite series” on it. Within that there is another commemorative plate with a purple rim edged in gold, and gold writing which says “Octothorpe 64” and the names of the hosts on that rim. In the centre, three figures; John on the left, giving a thumbs up in a yellow Star Trek uniform with ocular implants like Rutherford’s in Lower Decks; Alison in the centre wearing a red Star Trek uniform; and Liz on the right wearing a blue Star Trek uniform with blue-green skin and pointy ears. We each have a single command pip. In the top-right corner there is text reading “UNIQUE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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