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Fanac Octothorpe

Octothorpe 5: The Pope of All Worldcons

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

John needs validation, Alison hatches a scheme, and Liz is definitely never going to run a Worldcon.

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Fanac Octothorpe

Octothorpe 4: Several Degrees Less Sane

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

John got drunk, Alison threw a party, and Liz was awake early.

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Fanac Octothorpe

Octothorpe 3: Can I Pin Three People at Once?

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

John has a pin, Alison has a lot of pins, and Liz has opinions.

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Fanac Octothorpe

Octothorpe 2: The Pre-Discord Times

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

John grumbles, Alison parties, and Liz can’t stay awake.

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Fanac Octothorpe

Octothorpe 1: Joy Con

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

John is bad at Twitter, Alison discovers jigsaw puzzles, and Liz exercises.

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Fanac Lulzine

Lulzine 4

Abstract art in various blues, with golden globules/circles, white lines, and the word Lulzine overlaid.
Lulzine artwork by Sara Felix.

Articles by John Coxon on The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book 1986, Christopher J. Garcia on The Star Wars Holiday Special, and Chuck Serface on a Ukrainian holiday party.

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Fanac Lulzine

Lulzine 3

Abstract art in various blues, with golden globules/circles, white lines, and the word Lulzine overlaid.
Lulzine artwork by Sara Felix.

Articles by John Coxon on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Warren Frey on Canadian radio comedy, Christopher J. Garcia on the Least Wanted Paintings, España Sheriff on The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium, Rae Thompson on Welcome to Night Vale, Kevin Roche and Andrew Trembley on Thrilling Adventure Hour.

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Articles Fanac

Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon

The panellists from the 40 Years of the Force panel, hugging. From left to right, Boaz Karni-Harel, myself, Claudia Fusco, Jackie Kamlot
The panellists of the ‘Forty Years of the Force: Fab or fail?’ panel (by Chad Dixon)

My convention report from the Dublin Worldcon!

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Fanac Journey Planet

Journey Planet 45: The Matrix

A picture of the Earth blurred so that it's got sort of shadows above and below, with THE MATRIX written at the bottom and JOURNEY PLANET written at the top. The background is black and the text is green so it looks very much like the movie.
Cover artwork by M Frank

I recently had the pleasure of editing and writing for Journey Planet at the invitation of Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon, doing an issue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Matrix.

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Fanac Lulzine

Lulzine 2

Abstract art in various blues, with golden globules/circles, white lines, and the word Lulzine overlaid.
Lulzine artwork by Sara Felix.

Articles by Warren Frey on Free Enterprise, David Haddock on Last Chance to See, and Chuck Serface on Best in Show.