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John is playing a game, Alison is in New Zealand, and Liz’s head is on fire.

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: Privilege (letters of comment), carbon emissions (GUFF), grant applications (picks)

• Letters of comment
  
  • Dave Mansfield
  
  
  • Esther MacCallum-Stewart
  
  
  • Chris Garcia
  
  
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  
  
  • SJ Johnson
  
  
  
  


• Hugos
  
  • Congratulations to Hugo, Girl!
  
  
  • Thanks to Nicholas Whyte for
    
    • Being our designated Hugo acceptor
    
    
    • Liveblogging the Hugo Award ceremony
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• GUFF
  
  • It goes from Australasia to Europe (and vice versa)
    
    • Australasia
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Stonehenge Aoteroa
  
  
  • Woomera
  
  
  • Te Tauaarangi Air Force
  
  
  • Royal Australian Air Force
  
  
  • Kākāpō family tree
  
  
  
  


• Picks
  
  • John: Don’t Play This Game (play the demo)
  
  
  • Alison: Australia
  
  
  • Liz: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (epub, paperback, audiobook, Amazon)
  
  
  
  


• Credits
  
  • Cover art: “Birds” by España Sheriff
    
    • Alt text: A kakapo, a kiwi and a SIAMESE FIREBACK just chilling out. They look a bit like John, Alison and Liz. The words “Octothorpe 95” adorn the top of the cover.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)