Show Notes
John is working, Alison is plugging and Liz is ghosting. 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 Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Capitalism, death (Chapter 8: Picks)
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“Know your rail rights” from the Office of Rail and Road
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BSFA
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Awards
Hugo Award nominations close the day after this podcast drops (14 March 2025) Locus Award nominations are open until 15 April 2025
Oxford–Bloomsbury Fantasy Summer School
Free to apply with limited in-person spaces Or, wait for the streaming link! (FAQ)
GUFF: The Incomplete Chronicles Liz previously described a Pepper’s Ghost at Tokyo Disneyland
“Disney’s Best Illusion Explained” by Zach Wally
Picks
John: Shroud by Gravity Well Brewing
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky “Sins of the Children” by Adrian Tchaikovsky in Asterisk
Alison: Mickey 17 Liz: Hacks (Amazon Prime)
Credits
Cover art: “Handwriting Analysis Special”
Alt text: The words “Octothorpe 130: Handwriting Analysis Special” appear three times in the three hosts’ handwriting.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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