File your pSuedoscience, amuse the journals, and help stabilise Volume Four before time wanders off again. Failure invites reviewers from parallel timelines carrying footnotes, biscuits, paradoxes, reminders, whistles, schedules, politely late.

The safest containment unit remains exactly one hundred words, no more, no fewer, or science gets tetchy. Titles may hover briefly above, sensibly short. Delay breeds chrono-mould, which eats ideas overnight. Act now, before tomorrow reclassifies itself as theoretical.

Temporal Notice: Submit Your Drabbles by 17 April

Editors report a deadline anomaly approaching fast.

On seventeen April, the submission window collapses with a neat pop. To prevent loss of brilliance, contributors must send drabbles immediately to pScience@nine.satelliteX.org.uk.

What questions would you like to ask the writing staff of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, if you could ask them anything? (Keep it clean, please. Haters will be blocked.)

Yes yes you can

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Dr Karen Lord, @easterconuk.bsky.social’s GoH, being interviewed by wonderful @megintransition.bsky.social

8 little plastic ducks on a row

The opening ceremony is over, the panels have started, streams are steaming, the dealers are dealing, the art show is showing, the games are playing….

Are we quackers or are our the ducks they are finally, finally, in a row?

View looking straight up at a large, set concentric illuminated rings projecting from the ceiling. The bright circular lights create a tunnel-like effect. They look like the Goa'uld transport devices.

**Important Hotel Update**

The recent visit revealed what we believe to be a ring transporter - the chosen method of ship to surface transport for the Goa’uld.

They may have been drawn to our venue due to rumours of the Frost Giant presence and wishing to eliminate any threats to their power base.

A poster titled “Duck‑off!” in large red text. Below the title are two yellow rubber ducks facing each other. Each duck has a painted shield design on its side featuring stylised runes: the left duck has three blue‑on‑grey runes, and the right duck has four green‑and‑red runes. Beneath the ducks, the text reads: “Take the Ultimate Warrior Challenge!” in black and blue, followed by “Defeat your Foe with our Battling Viking Long‑Ducks!” in red and blue. The poster has a blue border.

Satellite 9 is going to @easterconuk.bsky.social!

Swing by our fan table to meet mascots Uranus (Uri) and Neptune (Nep), chat all things Frost Giant with our committee, or take on the infamous 'Duck Off' or try the single‑player chaos of 'Go Duck Yourself.'

Who will we see there?

A rectangular tile with a yellow top half showing a white icon of a small candle with a flame. Below it, on a light background, is the text “In memoriam – Submit a name.”

In Memoriam:

At the opening ceremony we will be taking a moment to remember members of our community, and adjacent to it, who have died since the last Eastercon.

If you’d like a name included you can submit a name via the form in the members portal.

Reminder the nomination deadline is Saturday, March 28 at 9 AM Pacific time!

It's a good portal.

Also thank you to whoever sorted it out than I can share my program on multiple devices. Life safer 🙌

I love me a portal... you find whole new worlds through them (or same world difference room but different is good right?)

**KLAXON**

We just keep the good times coming for you.

With only 14 days until the convention kicks off we are really getting excited to welcome you and so we want to do it early, so we are delighted to tell announce that our members portal and Discord server are now live.

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Will we see you in Lisbon this December? Registration is now open for SMOFcon 43, running 4 to 6 December 2026. Attending, reduced rate, online and "I love Lisbon" memberships are all available as we return to the VIP Executive Art's Hotel in Parque das Nações
www.smofconlisbon.org

Experts in edging @easterconuk.bsky.social

If you indicated in your membership form that you are interested in taking part in panel discussions, then you should have received an email from our programme Frost Giant.

If you've not received it and think you should have, check your spam folder, then email programme@Nine.SatelliteX.org.uk

A conference room with patterned carpet, taupe walls, and tall windows showing an evening sky. The planet Neptune, in the form of a plush blue character toy sits on an orange upholstered chair in the foreground listening intently while the planet Neptune, also a plush toy, is positioned atop a clear acrylic lectern near the window. Neptune is practicing its opening ceremony speech. The lectern has circular illuminated rings around its middle. Wall sconces with decorative metalwork provide warm lighting around the room.

As you can see from Nep's wrapt attention as Uri practices their opening ceremony remarks, Satellite 9's programme preparation is well underway, and we are going to be bringing you a brilliant weekend of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Science fun.

Two red armchairs sit on either side of a small black round table, with a dark stool underneath it. Each chair has a small blue plush toy placed on the seat. one is the planet Neptune on the left and the other is the planet Uranus. The setting appears to be an indoor lounge area with tiled flooring and a railing in the background.

Reminder to all planning your travels that our hotel block and booking is open.

Some of the committee went for a visit last week and really enjoyed the spaces and facilities: Uri and Nep found the seating to their liking.

Full info on the hotel is on our webpages
nine.satellitex.org.uk/hotel

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

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A blue mug with the Dublin 2029 logo on it. There is a black silhouetted figure walking over a black bridge. The bridge arcs through a portal towards a green moon-like planet. Blue abstract shapes surround the portal. The logo has a black frame with circles cut-out through it and say ‘Dublin 2029’ across the bottom.

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Freshen up your wardrobe for the new year with some picks from our merch store, featuring five alternate versions of our logo!

www.redbubble.com/people/dubli...

#merch #worldcon #dublin2029

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**Klaxon** Programme Participants: your draft schedule is live!

The draft schedule is now on PlanZ.
You must log in to accept or reject your items. If you do not do this you may lose them.

Deadline is 9pm UTC on Tuesday 10 March.

We've tried to accommodate as many items and people as possible.

I stg if you want to see books like this in your local bookshop, the absolute best way to make it happen is to buy the fuck out of them when they're indie, because publishers only sign what they think will sell and won't take chances without data.

Back this project. Provide that data!

I am *so* excited to read this. Having been teased with snippets and behind the curtain glimpses I cannot wait to read it in full.
You all should trust me on this, it is going to slay !!

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John, Alison and Liz start getting excited to nominate things for the Hugo Awards, and they consequently talk about books and games! They also chat about LAcon V and the upcoming fan funds. Listen here: octothorpe.podbean.com/e/154-at-lea...

@laworldcon.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social

A person standing outdoors in a leafy, green setting wearing a dark North Face jacket with the collar slightly open. The background is softly out of focus, showing trees and foliage.

Our next day guest for Satellite 9 is Dr Yashar Moshfeghi!

Dr Moshfeghi is a leading AI researcher at the University of Strathclyde and the founder of the NeuraSearch Laboratory.

Have you signed up yet?

What's caught your fancy?

As it's Hugo time, I wanted to talk about a category I care about, and which I think could do with a bit of extra love when it comes to nomination time - it's best fan writer!

(this is gonna be a thread of me doing hype, which I'm bad at, but that is much deserved by all here linked, pls be nice)

YASS!! Loved the first book.

Go sign up for programme at @easterconuk.bsky.social