67: Straight Back to Star Wars

John has hairspray, Alison has a tiara, and Liz has a necklace. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Falling out of boats (chapter 8) Letters of comment Chris Garcia Facebook, Twitter, assorted other mentions Conventions Chicon 8 Dragon Con Pemmi-con Gen Con Chicago Morse Museum of American Art (not in Chicago) Chicago Architecture Foundation Center River Cruise aboard Chicago’s First Lady Art Institute of Chicago Hugo Award statistics Picks: Alison: Phantom Peak Liz: The Founders trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside (epub, paperback, Amazon) Shorefall (epub, paperback, Amazon) Locklands (epub, paperback, Amazon) John: Galaxy’s Edge Credits Cover art: “Alison Phones It In” by Alison Scott Alt text: A commemorative plate with a blue rim which says “Octothorpe 67” and “Number #2 in an obviously infinite series” on it. Within that there is another commemorative plate with a purple rim edged in gold, and gold writing which says “Octothorpe 64” and the names of the hosts on that rim. In the centre, three figures; John on the left, giving a thumbs up in a yellow Star Trek uniform with ocular implants like Rutherford’s in Lower Decks; Alison in the centre wearing a red Star Trek uniform; and Liz on the right wearing a blue Star Trek uniform with blue-green skin and pointy ears. We each have a single command pip. In the top-right corner there is text reading “UNIQUE COMMEMORATIVE PLATE OF A COMMEMORATIVE PLATE”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)