John didn’t, Alison would’ve done, and Liz tried.

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Content warnings this episode: China

• Was Chengdu a shower?

• Nicholas Whyte signs autographs

• Site selection meeting videos are going up here

• John: Hallowe’en

• Cover art: “Chengdu Worldcon Report” by Alison Scott

• Alt text: A giant panda stands in a metal tub wearing a rainbow show cap with helicopter blades beneath a shower made of bamboo. A purple towel with “42” on it is over the side of the metal tub. The words “Octothorpe 96” are above “Chengdu Worldcon Report” with a footnote reading “might not have been a shower after all”.