August 04, 2022

63: Nonsense Divide

43 minutes

John has a button, Alison has a venue, and Liz once saw a computer that had been in Chris’s car.

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Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 2), death at a young age (chapter 6).

Letters of comment

Chris Garcia

Roman Orszanski

Paul Weimer

Bridget Bradshaw

FantasyCon

It was cancelled

They had sold 200 memberships, but needed 400 and were £24k short

It was uncancelled

You can join the new iteration here

Arthur C Clarke Awards

The shortlist is out

The Scotsman reviewed Deep Wheel Orcadia

Conversation has a venue now!

Chicon Fringe

Picks

John: Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic (Steam, Switch, Xbox, iPad)

No PlayStation version, probably because of the coming remake?

The remake has been “paused indefinitely”

Alison: “In the Black Fantastic” at the Hayward Gallery

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Liz: The Great Potato War

Credits

Cover art: “Assorted Jedi” by Alison Scott

Alt text: Three humanoid figures hold lightsabers and stand against a futuristic cityscape reminiscent of Coruscant. The leftmost looks like John, but is clad in the clothes of Luke Skywalker. The middle figure looks like Alison, but she’s green and looks quite a lot like Yoda. The rightmost looks like Liz, clad in the clothes of Rey Skywalker. The words “Octothorpe 63” adorn the top of the image in the distinctive typeface of Star Wars.

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

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