103: Just This Guy, Y’know?

John is a year behind, Alison is opening nominations, and Liz is Elizabeth (!). Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], 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)