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Episode Synopsis
John is jetlagged, Alison is working, and Liz is under pressure.
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Content warnings this episode: Eating octopus (chapter 1), N*zism (chapter 8)
Letters of comment
Mark Plummer
Nicholas Whyte
Ian Hillman
They Called Us Enemy (Forbidden Planet, Amazon)
Gwen Frazer
Briardene Books
Karen Schaffer
Chengdu is a shower
Their website is back!
Picks:
John: Digger by Ursula Vernon (read online, Kickstarter)
Alison: The Eastercon programme (not quite yet online, keep an eye on their website)
Liz: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (hardback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
Joe Manganiello’s D&D campaign
Eastercon
Programme coming soon
Discord now available!
Corflu Craic
Credits
Cover art: “Intelligent Spider Aliens” by Sue Mason
Alt text: Spiders looking like John, Alison and Liz hang from the top of the art on webs, with “O80” written on their abdomens.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: Eating octopus (chapter 1), N*zism (chapter 8)
Letters of comment
Mark Plummer
Nicholas Whyte
Ian Hillman
They Called Us Enemy (Forbidden Planet, Amazon)
Gwen Frazer
Briardene Books
Karen Schaffer
Chengdu is a shower
Their website is back!
Picks:
John: Digger by Ursula Vernon (read online, Kickstarter)
Alison: The Eastercon programme (not quite yet online, keep an eye on their website)
Liz: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (hardback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
Joe Manganiello’s D&D campaign
Eastercon
Programme coming soon
Discord now available!
Corflu Craic
Credits
Cover art: “Intelligent Spider Aliens” by Sue Mason
Alt text: Spiders looking like John, Alison and Liz hang from the top of the art on webs, with “O80” written on their abdomens.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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