82: Metatextual Dinosaurs

John, Alison and Liz talk about their Hugo Award nominations. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Letters of comment will be coming next week! Giant Hugo spreadsheet Fancast Hugo, Girl! Fan Artist Iain J Clark España Sheriff Sue Mason Alison Scott Sara Felix Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): - The TV shows are in Episode 77’s show notes - Don’t Worry Darling - The Astral Pole - Everything Everywhere All at Once - The podcast Liz mentioned - Men - Nope - Prey - Turning Red - Google - Vesper - Horizon Forbidden West Short stories: John: “Requiem for a Dollface” by Margaret Dunlap “Transference” by Vivian Shaw “Family Cooking” by Anamaria Curtis “Lily, the Immortal” by Kylie Lee Baker Liz: “Critical Mass” by Peter Watts “Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills “The CRISPR Cookbook” by MKRNYILGLD Novelettes: John: “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” by John Chu “Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold” by SB Divya Liz: The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix Harrow What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo Novella: John: “Radcliffe Hall” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard Liz: Undercover by Tamsyn Muir The Two Doctors Gorski by Isaac Fellman (ebook, Amazon) Stars & Stripes FOREVER! Earwigo Credits Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott from an idea by Sandra Bond Alt text: Three red pandas hold “Octothorpe” football scarves with “here we go”, “earwig o” and “be kind to your web-footed friends” as lyrics floating above. Text above that says “82: HUGO NOMINATION RECOMMENDATION SPECIAL”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)