96: A Less QR-Code-Using Society

Published: Nov. 9, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'John didn\\u2019t, Alison would\\u2019ve done, and Liz tried.\\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.\\nContent warnings this episode: China\\nWas Chengdu a shower?\\nNicholas Whyte signs autographs\\nChengdu Worldcon on YouTube\\nWorldconEvents on YouTube\\nSite selection meeting videos are going up here\\n\\nWSFS Business Meeting\\u201d group on Facebook\\nFile 770\\u2019s reporting on this year\\u2019s WSFS\\n\\nPicks\\nJohn: Hallowe\\u2019en\\nAlison: New Zealand\\nLiz: Poker Face\\n\\nCredits\\nCover art: \\u201cChengdu Worldcon Report\\u201d by Alison Scott\\nAlt text: A giant panda stands in a metal tub wearing a rainbow show cap with helicopter blades beneath a shower made of bamboo. A purple towel with \\u201c42\\u201d on it is over the side of the metal tub. The words \\u201cOctothorpe 96\\u201d are above \\u201cChengdu Worldcon Report\\u201d with a footnote reading \\u201cmight not have been a shower after all\\u201d.\\n\\nTheme music: \\u201cFanfare for Space\\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)'