John is sleepy, Alison is talking to Chinese fans, and Liz went to the Hugos.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 (chapter 2); racism (chapter 3); foreign policy and sexism (chapter 4)

• Letters of comment

• Farah and Fran talking about masking at Novacon

• You can get by just NOT TELLING THE BSFA your address (DON’T TRY THAT WITH THE WORLDCON)

• Chengdu in 2023 won

• File 770’s reporting on the win

• The video of the session we discuss

• John found he generally agreed with these tweets from Jeannette Ng

• Tweet

• A File 770 commenter outlines the issues with Lukyanenko

• If Fanzine had 53 fewer votes and Fancast had 42 fewer votes they would not have been awarded

• John: The Psychopath Club by Sandra Bond (paperback, Kindle)

• Alison: Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton

• California Christmastime by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

• Our theme music is It’s Christmas Time by Frank Schröter, used under the Simplified Filmmusic.io Standard License