October 15, 2020
John is an internet historian, Alison is an investigative journalist, and Liz is a time-traveller.
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October 1, 2020
John, Alison and Liz are running a convention.
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Poetry corner!
Claire Brialey’s poem:
This isn’t prose; perhaps it makes it better.
At least it’s all in email, not a letter.
Discussing podcasts makes you rather meta,
And less is more, so let’s not get courgetter.
Mark Plummer’s clerihew:
Alison Scott’s erudition
Does not enslave her to tradition
But John’s misuse of the word “plethora”
Will be the death of her
September 17, 2020
John is making a podcast, Alison is gone again, and Liz is chairing GlobeCon™.
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September 3, 2020
John is in the wrong Zoom, Alison is tactful, and Liz went to her first online convention.
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August 20, 2020
John is sort of John-shaped, Alison quite fancies a fantastic beach holiday, and Liz is compensating.
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August 6, 2020
John, Alison and Liz are live from Liz’s house!*
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*May be a lie.
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July 23, 2020
John is channelling Ian Sorensen, Alison is on Sydney time, and Liz has written a poem.
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- Letters of comment:
- Max Harden tells us she listens at 3x speed, and says “If only we could speed up pub chats too”.
- This gives John the idea for a panel show; have people listen to podcasts at various speeds, see how much they understood, and then have them drink alcohol and repeat!
- Dave Mansfield says he often doesn’t have time to read all the BSFA nominees and thanks us for reminding him you can abandon books you dislike
- Mark Plummer sent a clerihew to John which cannot be broadcast, and a triptych which can
- The triptych is printed below
- Liz wrote a limerick in response to Mark’s clerihew, also below
- Alison’s GUFF trip has started!
- Virtual conventions
- Hugo Awards
- Aftershow
- Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
Liz’s limerick
- The poems of Croydon fan Plummer,
- Entertain Octothorpe for the summer.
- Though his rhymes are first class,
- They’re too rude to broadcast,
- Which is really a bit of a bummer.
Mark’s triptych
- Doctor John the boy Coxon
- Didn’t notice several LOCs on
- Octothorpe because he hadn’t checked
- And thus he failed to Mark protect
- Liz Batty (also Doctor)
- Didn’t know so many people had LOCced her
- Octothorpe’s a fannish gestalt
- But in this respect it’s all John’s fault
- GUFF winner Alison Scott
- Has several Novas and she has also got
- Two Hugos for the fanzine Plokta
- But unlike John and Liz she’s [Fremulon] not a doctor
July 9, 2020
John is an entryist from the Mark Neglection League, Alison is podcasting from a Secret Remote Location, and Liz would like to see the cats.
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- Letters of comment:
- Claire “Correct” Brialey, Lilian “Time-Traveller” Edwards, “Crazy” Dave Mansfield, Helena “Not Andrew or Mark” McCallum, Mark “Neglection League” Plummer
- Alison is preparing for her virtual GUFF trip
- 11 July–2 August
- We are going to be doing a live recording from virtual Liz’s house, with real Liz and virtual Alison and John
- CoNZealand
- We discuss the new wave of #MeToo in the SF/comics/gaming communities
- Staying sane in the apocalypse:
- Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
June 25, 2020
John is bad at emails, Liz is bad at Twitter, and Alison is going to be quieter this week.
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June 11, 2020
Black lives matter.
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