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John is logging in, Alison is getting emails, and Liz is collecting Pokémon.

Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.

Content warnings this episode: War in Ukraine (chapter 5)

• Letters of comment
  
  
  
  • Chris Garcia
  
  
  • Esther MacCallum-Stewart
  
  
  • Mark Plummer
  
  
  • Nicholas Whyte
  
  
  • Karen Schaffer
  
  
  • Peter Sullivan
  
  
  • Raj
  
  
  
  


• Arthur C Clarke Award winners


• First Nations Travel Fund


• World Fantasy Con will be in Birmingham in 2025


• Chengdu Worldcon


• Picks:
  
  
  
  • John: Moon Knight vol. 9 (Marvel Unlimited) and Werewolf By Night (Disney+)
  
  
  • Alison: Swimming in the North Sea
  
  
  • Liz: Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
  
  
  
  


• Credits
  
  
  
  • Cover art: 2024 NASFiC bid by Alison Scott
    
    
    
    • Alt text: A drawing of a Canadian Consulate, adorned with Scottish and Canadian flags, and a banner which says “Edinburgh NASFiC 2024: Presupports $60 inc. free T-shirt”. A mountie is in front of the building, which is in the Greco-Roman style. OCTOTHORPE 70 is written at the top, on a light purple sky above the building.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)