MUP Episode 170 – The Glamorous Gatsby
This episode Jon, Murph, and guest Jenn Martin talk about running Gatsby and the great Race. This episode was recorded on March 28, 2019.
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Campus Crier
* Chaosium has announced that Lynne Hardy will now serve as permanent Associate Line Editor for Call of Cthulhu. Congratulations Lynne!
* Wilum Hopfrog Pugmyr, celebrated author and creator of the Sequa Valley and the weird tales therein, has also passed away. Wilum died on March 26 after suffering a heart attack the week prior. Rest in peace, Willum.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Pugmire
* The internet is freaking out about the New Jersey high school play of “Alien.” Clips are totally awesome. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/23/18278701/alien-high-school-play-new-jersey-north-bergen-ridley-scott
* According to small press The Sons of the Singularity, an official with the Chinese government has ordered an entire print run of The Sassoon Files to be destroyed. We mentioned the kickstarted Call of Cthulhu supplement that is set in 1920s Shanghai a few episodes ago. Like a lot of publishers, they chose to print their work in China. In a video on YouTube, one of the creators, Jesse Covner, announced that their printer contacted the creators to say there was a “sensitive issue” with books’ content, and government officials ordered all copies destroyed by the next day. Jesse initially said “burned,” but later corrected and said they were likely pulped. The words “burned” and “incinerated” have been repeated in media coverage despite the creator’s correction. There’s two separate issues going on here. One is the Chinese government’s suppression of free expression, which has been worsening for more than a decade, is very serious, and has an astronomically larger effect on Chinese creators than those with expat privileges looking for a cheap printer. The government’s crackdown on free expression can’t be justified. Full stop.