76: Does It Matter What We Think?

Published: Feb. 2, 2023, 5 p.m.

b'John is watching movies, Alison is making games, and Liz isn\\u2019t picky.\\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on The Wandering Shop) when you post about the show on social media.\\nContent warnings this episode: China (chapter 2), death of a parent (chapter 4)\\n\\nLetters of comment\\n\\nClaire Brialey\\nTammy Coxen\\nChris Garcia\\n\\nJourney Planet on Chinese Science Fiction and Space\\n\\n\\nIrwin Hirsh\\n\\n\\nChengdu is a shower\\n\\nTip of the hat to File 770 for some sterling reporting on this\\nChengdu Worldcon changes dates, site\\n\\nMockups appear to show buildings permanently branded with Worldcon/WSFS marks\\n\\n\\nImages of the proposed Chengdu Science Fiction Museum\\nChinese fans are not best pleased\\n\\nIt\\u2019s no longer in the summer so students will be in school and not able to go, and the students are the ones who brought the con to China\\n\\n\\nBut, Chengdu can take credit card payments now\\n\\nFiona Moore confirms\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGUFF\\n\\nAlison announced in Octothorpe 73 that she was going to go after the coronation\\nBut there\\u2019s now an Australian Natcon (Conflux, 29 September to 2 October) with which Alison is aiming to intersect\\n\\n\\nPicks:\\n\\nJohn: Prey (Disney+) and Invasion of the Body-Snatchers (1956, MGM)\\nAlison: Print and play games\\n\\n[Alison went out for the day and did not give me links to the games, listeners! I\\u2019ll try to fill this in before next episode \\u2013 John]\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nCredits\\n\\nCover art: Groundhog Day by Espa\\xf1a Sheriff\\n\\nAlt text: Three groundhogs in the general shapes of John, Alison and Liz regard their shadow, in the shape of an octothorpe, beneath the text \\u201cOctothorpe 76\\u201d.\\n\\n\\nTheme music: \\u201cFanfare for Space\\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)'