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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)
- Cover art: “Chengdu Worldcon Report” by Alison Scott
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Content provided by John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty, John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty, John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
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
- 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)
- Cover art: “Chengdu Worldcon Report” by Alison Scott
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