July 22, 2021

36: Worldcon Fire Service

49 minutes

John is wrong, Alison is putting out fires, and Liz is in lockdown.

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Letters of comment

Ang Rosin

Chris Garcia

File 770 reports that Mary Robinette Kowal is the new chair of DisCon III

This piece contains links to some of the previous events which led to this occurring

Convention communications

Alison has a role in the Glasgow in 2024 Promotions Division

No real links, but a lot of opinions!

Liz claimed not to have strong opinions before the podcast: fact

After we recorded, DisCon III renamed their Outreach Division; it is now called Communications

Fantasy Book Swap (Ali Baker’s new podcast)

Facebook page

Podcast website

Link for your podcatcher (right-click or tap and hold, copy the URL, and your podcatcher should have an option for “Add URL”)

Books we read as kids:

Rebecca’s World by Terry Nation is on Audible for a credit

Books about boarding schools:

The Finishing School Facebook group

The series about ballet boarding school that Liz mentioned

Threads by Foz Meadows on why Anne McCaffrey is inappropriate:

First Foz Meadows thread

Second Foz Meadows thread

Music credits

Our theme music is Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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By John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty

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July 22, 2021

36: Worldcon Fire Service

49 minutes

John is wrong, Alison is putting out fires, and Liz is in lockdown.

Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.