80: Four Constituent Blobs

John is jetlagged, Alison is working, and Liz is under pressure.

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Content warnings this episode: Eating octopus (chapter 1), N*zism (chapter 8)

• Letters of comment
  • Mark Plummer
    • Nicholas Whyte
  • Ian Hillman
    • They Called Us Enemy (Forbidden Planet, Amazon)
  • Gwen Frazer
  • Briardene Books
  • Karen Schaffer
• Chengdu is a shower
  • Their website is back!
• Picks:
  • John: Digger by Ursula Vernon (read online, Kickstarter)
  • Alison: The Eastercon programme (not quite yet online, keep an eye on their website)
  • Liz: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (hardback, epub, audiobook, Amazon)
    • Joe Manganiello’s D&D campaign
• Eastercon
  • Programme coming soon
  • Discord now available!
• Corflu Craic
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Intelligent Spider Aliens” by Sue Mason
    • Alt text: Spiders looking like John, Alison and Liz hang from the top of the art on webs, with “O80” written on their abdomens.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)