September 29, 2022

67: Straight Back to Star Wars

1 hour 11 minutes

John has hairspray, Alison has a tiara, and Liz has a necklace.

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Content warnings this episode: Falling out of boats (chapter 8)

Letters of comment

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Conventions

Chicon 8

Dragon Con

Pemmi-con

Gen Con

Chicago

Morse Museum of American Art (not in Chicago)

Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady

Art Institute of Chicago

Hugo Award statistics

Picks:

Alison: Phantom Peak

Liz: The Founders trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett

Foundryside (epub, paperback, Amazon)

Shorefall (epub, paperback, Amazon)

Locklands (epub, paperback, Amazon)

John: Galaxy’s Edge

Credits

Cover art: “Alison Phones It In” by Alison Scott

Alt text: A commemorative plate with a blue rim which says “Octothorpe 67” and “Number #2 in an obviously infinite series” on it. Within that there is another commemorative plate with a purple rim edged in gold, and gold writing which says “Octothorpe 64” and the names of the hosts on that rim. In the centre, three figures; John on the left, giving a thumbs up in a yellow Star Trek uniform with ocular implants like Rutherford’s in Lower Decks; Alison in the centre wearing a red Star Trek uniform; and Liz on the right wearing a blue Star Trek uniform with blue-green skin and pointy ears. We each have a single command pip. In the top-right corner there is text reading “UNIQUE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE”.

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

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