86: The Joy of Hemispheres

Published: June 22, 2023, 4:46 p.m.

b'John can do one, Alison don\\u2019t like cricket, and Liz will never get to bed.\\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.\\nContent warnings this episode: Poor working conditions (chapter 2), COVID (chapter 3)\\n\\nLetters of comment\\n\\nAbigail Nussbaum\\nChris Garcia\\n\\n\\nChengdu is a shower\\n\\nHugo Award delay\\nVenue under construction\\n\\n\\nCOVID Round-up\\n\\nNew recommendation: 5 air changes per hour (ACH)\\n\\nThe Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Safe Work, Safe School, and Safe Travel\\n\\n\\nHSE has general ventilation advice\\n\\n\\nSeattle is the only Worldcon bid for 2025\\nPemmi-Con\\n\\nVirtual memberships have been announced\\nYou will have a supporting membership if\\n\\nyou voted in NASFiC site selection or\\nyou got drunk and bought a $65 Moose T-shirt at Chicon 8\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGlasgow in 2024\\n\\nYou can volunteer to be on programme or suggest an item\\n\\n\\nArthur C. Clarke Award\\n\\nLiz has read one of them\\nJohn has read a different one\\n\\n\\nGUFF\\n\\nAlison has dates and a plan\\nIf you\\u2019re in Australia and want to have Alison (and maybe Steven) to visit, let us know\\n\\n\\nPicks:\\n\\nJohn: UK Games Expo\\n\\nEarthborne Rangers\\nSolar Sphere\\nFlickFleet\\nAsteroid Dice and Shape Invaders\\nCatacombs\\nDungeon Drop\\nFinal Girl\\nFind stockists for any of the above games through BoardGamePrices\\n\\n\\nAlison: Cricket\\nLiz: Rivers of London, specifically the most recent novels (False Value and Amongst Our Weapons)\\n\\n\\nCredits\\n\\nCover art: Apparently It\\u2019s Beach Cricket by Alison Scott\\n\\nAlt text: The three of us wearing cricket clothes in front of a picture of a beach that Liz took to taunt us.\\n\\n\\nTheme music: \\u201cSurf Shimmy\\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)'