86: The Joy of Hemispheres

John can do one, Alison don’t like cricket, and Liz will never get to bed.

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Content warnings this episode: Poor working conditions (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)

• Letters of comment
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  • Chris Garcia
• Chengdu is a shower
  • Hugo Award delay
  • Venue under construction
• COVID Round-up
  • New recommendation: 5 air changes per hour (ACH)
    • The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel
  • HSE has general ventilation advice
• Seattle is the only Worldcon bid for 2025
• Pemmi-Con
  • Virtual memberships have been announced
  • You will have a supporting membership if
    • you voted in NASFiC site selection or
    • you got drunk and bought a $65 Moose T-shirt at Chicon 8
• Glasgow in 2024
  • You can volunteer to be on programme or suggest an item
• Arthur C. Clarke Award
  • Liz has read one of them
  • John has read a different one
• GUFF
  • Alison has dates and a plan
  • If you’re in Australia and want to have Alison (and maybe Steven) to visit, let us know
• Picks:
  • John: UK Games Expo
    • Earthborne Rangers
    • Solar Sphere
    • FlickFleet
    • Asteroid Dice and Shape Invaders
    • Catacombs
    • Dungeon Drop
    • Final Girl
    • Find stockists for any of the above games through BoardGamePrices
  • Alison: Cricket
  • Liz: Rivers of London, specifically the most recent novels (False Value and Amongst Our Weapons)
• Credits
  • Cover art: Apparently It’s Beach Cricket by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: The three of us wearing cricket clothes in front of a picture of a beach that Liz took to taunt us.
  • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)