138: A Tedious Number of Questions About What It’s Like to Run a Games Shop

John chaired, Alison is off on holiday, and Liz has the agenda.

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• Letters of comment
  • Ang Rosin (Facebook)
    • Andrea Bell and Derek Hockridge
  • Bridget Bradshaw (Facebook)
  • Chris Garcia (email)
  • Farah Mendlesohn (email, Facebook)
  • Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)
  • Louise Hughes (Bluesky)
  • Neil Ottenstein (Facebook)
  • Paul Weimer (email)
  • Roseanna Pendlebury (Bluesky)
  • Shi Lala (Facebook)
• Worldcon 2027: Montreal bid
  • Terry Fong has stepped down
  • There has been some news since, but we’ll discuss it next episode…
• Worldcon 2025: Seattle
  • The results of the consultative votes
  • The Business Meeting agenda
  • Instructions on how to attend the virtual Business Meeting
  • Kate Secor’s annotated Business Meeting agenda
• Picks
  • John: All the Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
  • Alison: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Liz: Old Soul by Susan Barker
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 138” and “Whizz-Fizz Agenda Time!”.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)