96: A Less QR-Code-Using Society
John didn’t, Alison would’ve done, and Liz tried. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: China Was Chengdu a shower? Nicholas Whyte signs autographs Chengdu Worldcon on YouTube WorldconEvents on YouTube Site selection meeting videos are going up here WSFS Business Meeting” group on Facebook File 770’s reporting on this year’s WSFS Picks John: Hallowe’en Alison: New Zealand Liz: Poker Face Credits 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”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)