109: But Also a Worrying One Octothorpe

John is middle, Alison is even sadder, and Liz is sorry.
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Content warnings this episode: Discussion of access issues (chapter 2), wealth privilege (chapter 6)
Letters of comment
Abigail Nussbaum
Ali Baker Brooks
Andrew January
The Eastercon members’ portal

Caroline Mullan
DC
Farah Mendlesohn
Critical Friends 8

Jacob Holder
Mark Plummer
Meg MacDonald

Doc Weir award
Dave Langford receives the trophy
Alt text: Dave Langford triumphantly lofts a blue Bag for Life from Tesco, which we are expected to believe contains the Doc Weir trophy. He is standing in front of a house.


GUFF
The results

Chengdu 2023
“The Pidu district of Chengdu announces a 10-year science fiction plan”

Glasgow 2024
Town Hall Event: Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Glasgow
Town Hall Event: Site Selection Glasgow 2024

Eastercon and money
Picks
John: Dredge
Alison: Hopeland by Ian McDonald (paper, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
Liz: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (paper, epub, audiobook, Amazon)

Credits
Cover art: “Voyagers” by Ulrika O’Brien
Alt text: The background is a starry, lightning-filled square in blues, purples, and yellows. Atop that, there is a spaceship, somewhat like a rocket, with engines coming out of the sides. There are yellow lights shining from it, and a ladder reaches up to a central archway. John, Alison and Liz are depicted as silhouettes, regarding it with wonder. Their shadows stretch off the canvas, and they look faintly alien or futuristic in a hard-to-define manner.

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