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@pbooth81

Teacher, writer, dog-lover, reader, board gamer, tv watcher, Doctor Who enabler; annoyingly optimistic. New Doctor Who Big Finish author: check out my Short Trips "Ahead of Time" coming out April 2025

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Raise a pint with professors How ‘Lectures on Tap’ is reshaping education outside the classroom and at the bars

Love this piece by Lindsay Freiberger for @depaulia.bsky.social on my talk at @lecturesontap.bsky.social ! I had a great time sharing my work on board games with about a hundred guests -- and really enjoyed the conversation afterwards too! Pics by Claire Buchheit
depauliaonline.com/82836/artsli...

23.02.2026 20:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You can check them out at pod.link/1734187401
www.everyscififilm.com
www.youtube.com/watch?si=K20...

16.02.2026 13:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hello Doctor Who friends! If it is of interest, I was recently a guest on the Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast, talking about the Doctor Who movies (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150AD). I had a lot of fun chatting with Ayesha Khan and Lee Arnott!

16.02.2026 13:15 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks Becky! Michele gave such great advice as it developed:)

18.01.2026 20:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Paul Booth

the strange and macabre can thankfully still be found on my website paulboothauthor.com

18.01.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's a personal essay about travel, deer, and the end of a relationship, and very unlike most of the things I tend to write. Thanks also to McKenzie and Julia at sneaker wave for the thoughtful editorial comments!

18.01.2026 16:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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things we miss by Paul Booth

Very pleased that my newest writing, "Things We Miss," has been published by sneaker wave mag. Thanks to Michele Morano who read early versions and gave incredible feedback, and shoutout to @rebeccajohns.bsky.social & DePaul's creative writing MFA program
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...

18.01.2026 16:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
DePaul Pop Culture Conference

@2natown.bsky.social Hi! This is Paul Booth - the prof that runs the con at DePaul. We chatted at the Forest Park holiday walk. Are you were still interested in vending (link: popcultureconference.com) & if so, can you send me a good email so I can send you more details? Thanks!!

29.12.2025 19:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Words Reginald Cathcart squirms. His stomach’s disquiet. The past week’s stories have been weak, not up to his usual standards. He can feel the Words’ gurgitation roil. They push against the inside of him. ...

Very happy at the end of the year to have one final short story published - this one's not for the faint of heart (or stomach!): "Words" published in Macabre Magazine:
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)

21.12.2025 15:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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DePaul Doctor Who Join me and make a gift to DePaul Doctor Who Club!

Hi all! Some of you know I am the faculty advisor for DePaul Doctor Who, an inclusive club at DePaul. They're raising money to go to Gallifrey One, the largest US Doctor Who convention. All donations are tax deductible. Please help if you can!
givenow.depaul.edu/depaul-docto...

02.12.2025 18:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great news!

07.11.2025 20:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We’ve got books on War of the Ring, MtG Commander, Vampire, Blood Bowl and more all in development. Also please reach out if you have an idea for a game you want to write about…we’re all ears!!!

07.11.2025 20:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s the first book in the Tabletop Games series that I’m editing along with Aaron Trammell and it would mean a lot if y’all would give it a peep and if you like it talk it up with your friends and community—remember, it’s free!!

07.11.2025 20:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Unsettling Catan Read Online Buy Paperback* Buy Audiobook Description Coverage *30% off with code UMWEB30 Audiobook Preview Description Most revolutions don’t start with nineteen cardboard hexagons, but Klaus Teube…

Hi #tabletop #boardgame #gaming friends! @jreylee.bsky.social's new book on CATAN is out! You can read it online for free at the link attached or pick up your copy at online retailers (including the University of Michigan Press) #Catan @tabletopbookshelf.com
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...

07.11.2025 20:07 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Q&A with Author J. Rey Lee

Unsettling Catan releases on Monday, so I sat down with Danielle from @uofmpress.bsky.social to do a Q&A on the book.

(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)

#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social

31.10.2025 21:04 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Thanks! I've used Monster Theory before with not as much success as you - maybe I should give it another shot :) I've ordered the Monster Theory Reader too

25.10.2025 03:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is very cool! not quite what I"m looking for but is fascinating - thanks for sharing!

24.10.2025 19:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! I'm more interested in studies of monsters as monsters (rather than as aspect of Gothic, per se) & know Simon's work well. :) Appreciate the help!

24.10.2025 18:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hoping for some academic help...updating my readings in a Monsters class & would love a book that focuses on different monsters (zombie, vampire...) from histor/cult perspective. I've used (& enjoyed!) Asma's On Monsters and Poole's Monsters in America, but both are a bit dated by now. Thoughts?

24.10.2025 18:44 👍 12 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 0

Can I also add how absolutely gorgeous! The book is? Smart, relevant, beautiful -- this book has it all!

15.10.2025 23:32 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Also, Fort Collins is amazing and highly worth a visit!

27.09.2025 19:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My talk was called "Cardboard Contrafactuals" and explored analog games with alternate takes on traditional history. Thanks to Dr. Scott Diffrient and Chair Dr. Elizabeth Williams for inviting me, and the Comm Studies staff, faculty and students who came to talk and had meals with me all weekend!

27.09.2025 19:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fall 2025 Gravlee Lecture: Dr. Paul Booth - Communication Studies | Colorado State University Gravlee Lecture with Dr. Paul Booth (DePaul University) on Sept 25th: "Cardboard Contrafactuals" explores how board games reveal cultural ideologies and shape our understanding of history.

I had an amazing time at Colorado State University's Department of Communication giving the Fall 2025 Gravlee lecture this weekend!
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...

27.09.2025 19:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
These people love Costco more than you do. They have the tattoos to prove it. "Favorite place on Earth." Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Wegmans all have obsessive fans, but they can't compete with Costco's cult-like following.

Had a fun time talking to USA Today about Costco fandom...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...

26.09.2025 15:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Can’t stop the slop AI slop is ruining the casual internet – it’s also warping how we accept reality.

I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”

W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!

open.substack.com/pub/silicons...

01.09.2025 22:12 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey #Google, I would happily throw down 1K on another new phone if it was designed specifically *not* to have AI. Don't include it on the searches, don't include it in my texts, don't include it in summarizing my emails. Now *that* I would pay for @developers.google.com @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social

20.08.2025 21:02 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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It arrived! ("Do not bend" was taken more as a suggestion than a command by the USPS)

11.08.2025 22:55 👍 48 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social‬ Just catching this - yes, feel free to get in touch! :) pbooth@depaul.edu

21.07.2025 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bringing CT fans together: A look at ConnectiCon and fan conventions Whether you’re a fan of anime, comics or the Marvel Universe, there’s a convention for you. Today, we hear from ConnectiCon; a Connecticut-based convention that has brought fans together for over 20 y...

Had a fun time talking fandom, cosplay, and conventions with Where We Live on Connecticut Public radio this morning!
www.ctpublic.org/show/where-w...

10.07.2025 21:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I had the amazing opportunity to share some of my board game work with Salt and Sass games! Check out the video here: youtu.be/7b9VG4uAIhc
and check out their work at bsky.app/profile/salt...
and linktr.ee/SaltAndSass

09.07.2025 18:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0