Octothorpe

36: Worldcon Fire Service

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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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