Show Notes
John, Alison, and Liz have stopped talking about it now. An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Letters of comment
Andrew January (email) Chris Garcia (email) Dave Langford (email)
Reginald’s Rubaiyat by Saki
Doug Faunt (email)
Nando’s menu
Perrianne Lurie (email) Simon Bubb (email)
21Moon Railway Rivals Trains
Zara Baxter (email) We also heard from Jesi Lipp, Nicholas Whyte, and Paul Weimer
Worldcon 2026: LAcon V
WSFS Business Meeting recaps
Chris Garcia is running WOOF
John’s programme items
Octocon 2026: 3–4 October
We are online guests! (Blog, Bluesky)
Picks
John: A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-ran, translated by Chi-Young Kim Alison: Spain Liz: Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
Credits
Cover art: “Summer of Sun” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A photograph of a total solar eclipse above a beach in Northern Spain. Text reads “Octothorpe 166” in purple at the top and “SUMMER of SUN” in white at the bottom.
Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0) Incidental music: “Local Forecast – Elevator” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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