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John is a year behind, Alison is opening nominations, and Liz is Elizabeth (!).

Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.

Content warnings this episode: Israel/Palestine war (Montreal in 2027 segment), serial killers (John’s pick)

• Letters of comment
  
  • Ali Baker Brooks
  
  
  • Chris Garcia
  
  
  • DC
  
  
  • Kevin Anderson
  
  
  • Mark Plummer
  
  
  • Martin Easterbrook
  
  
  • Mike Glyer
  
  
  • Raj
  
  
  • Alison’s fan art page
  
  
  
  


• BSFA longlist


• Fan funds
  
  • TAFF
    
    • Announcement
    
    
    • Ballot
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • EFF
  
  
  • GUFF
  
  
  
  


• Montreal in 2027
  
  • Tel Aviv in 2027
  
  
  
  


• Christopher Priest
  
  • 2005 Guest of Honour speech
  
  
  
  


• Hugo Awards
  
  • Trademarks
    
    • WIP announcement
    
    
    • Mike Dunford on Bluesky
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Chris Barkley’s interview of Dave McCarty
    
    • Transcript
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • A possibly smoking gun
    
    • File 770 comment
    
    
    • Screencap of post from Chinese socials
    
    
    • Machine translation
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Tammy Coxen argues Worldcon will die because of lack of volunteers
  
  
  
  


• Picks
  
  • John: How to Find Zodiac by Jarett Kobek (Amazon)
    
    • Los Angeles Magazine article
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Alison: Fantasy Map Maker
    
    • Alison’s map
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Liz: North Woods by Daniel Mason (hardback, ebook, audiobook, Amazon)
  
  
  
  


• Credits
  
  • Cover art: “Hugo Regalia Shop” by Alison Scott
    
    • Alt text: The words “Octothorpe 103 Hugo Regalia Shop” appear above a selection of costumes. There are small depictions of a clown, a pirate, a panda and a banana above full-length depictions of a member of the Catholic church (with Hugos on their mitre and crosier), a gangster (labelled “boss”, holding a Hugo), Zaphod Beeblebrox (holding three Hugos) and Jesus (with a crown of thorns but made with Hugos).
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)