A podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.
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Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
John is sleepy, Alison is talking to Chinese fans, and Liz went to the Hugos.
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Content warnings this episode: COVID-19 (chapter 2); racism (chapter 3); foreign policy and sexism (chapter 4)
- Letters of comment
- Farah and Fran talking about masking at Novacon
- A big discussion about BSFA
- You can get by just NOT TELLING THE BSFA your address (DON’T TRY THAT WITH THE WORLDCON)
- Chris Garcia
- Site selection at DisCon III
- Chengdu in 2023 won
- File 770’s reporting on the win
- Chinese fans seem nice!
- The livestream was good, and had 106,000 viewers
- Lots of different Chinese university SF societies encouraging the bid; spot the flag in Gallifreyan and the monolith
- WSFS Business Meeting
- There are legitimate concerns about China
- John found he generally agreed with these tweets from Jeannette Ng
- The guests are Liu Cixin, Sergei Lukyanenko and Robert J. Sawyer
- Chengdu in 2023 won
- Hugo Awards
- Picks
- Picks for Christmas song
- Music credits
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