Octothorpe

138: A Tedious Number of Questions About What It’s Like to Run a Games Shop

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John chaired, Alison is off on holiday, and Liz has the agenda.

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    • Ang Rosin (Facebook)
      • Andrea Bell and Derek Hockridge
      • Bridget Bradshaw (Facebook)
      • Chris Garcia (email)
      • Farah Mendlesohn (email, Facebook)
      • Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)
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      • Worldcon 2027: Montreal bid
        • Terry Fong has stepped down
        • There has been some news since, but we’ll discuss it next episode…
        • Worldcon 2025: Seattle
          • The results of the consultative votes
          • The Business Meeting agenda
          • Instructions on how to attend the virtual Business Meeting
          • Kate Secor’s annotated Business Meeting agenda
          • Picks
            • John: All the Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
            • Alison: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
            • Liz: Old Soul by Susan Barker
            • Credits
              • Cover art: “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time” by Alison Scott
                • Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 138” and “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time!”.
                • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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