Show Notes
John has a headache, Alison has a cold, and Liz is fine, thanks for asking. 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. Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Liz said “RoboCup world championship” not “RoboCop world championship”
RoboCup Germany RoboCup Federation RoboCup on Wikipedia
Alexandra Lanes (Bluesky) Ali Baker Brooks (Facebook) Ang Rosin (Facebook) Ed Morland (Bluesky) Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook) Fredrik V Coulter (Facebook) Juan Sanmiguel (email) Kin-Ming Looi (Facebook) Neil Ottenstein (Facebook) Paul Weimer (Bluesky, email) Phil Dyson (Facebook) Renay (email)
Hugo Award Recommendations!
We also heard from Alex Holden, Finbarr O’Reilly, Kev McVeigh, Roseanna Pendlebury, Shi Lala
GUFF result
Farah’s Facebook group: From Perth to Perth!
Nebula Awards
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association This year’s nominees
“How SFWA Is Administering the Nebula Awards Policy Against LLM-Use” on File 770 “Indie Game Awards rescinds Clair Obscur’s GOTY wins over use of generative AI” on Polygon
G Willow Wilson’s thoughts on the Best Comic category
Locus
2026 fundraiser
Eastercon 2026: Iridescence
The program is out You can find John here and Alison here and Liz here “Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names – With Examples”
Picks
John: Vantage Alison: Slay the Spire 2 Liz: Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Credits
Cover art: “Eastercon Planning” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A black-and-white cartoon. John is behind a stack of games, saying “Games Room”; Alison is behind a stack of printers and paper, saying “Newsletter”; Liz is on a beach reading with sunglasses and a cocktail. In purple, the words “Octothorpe 156 Eastercon Planning:” appear at the top and “questioning our life choices” at the bottom.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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