Show Notes
John is big-headed, Alison has a right of reply, and Liz explains how voting should work. 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
Brian Nisbet (Facebook) Chris Garcia (email)
Eurocon 2029: Bid for Warsaw, Poland
Constanze Hofmann (email)
ESFS ESFS statues
Gareth Kavanagh (Facebook) Ivaylo Alekseev (email) Leigh Edmonds (email)
Digger by Ursula Vernon
Neil Ottenstein (Facebook) Renay (Bluesky) Shi Lala (Facebook) Alison: Scott Edelman (Bluesky) We also heard from Constanze Hofmann, Farah Mendlesohn, Ivan Sinha, Jonathan Cowie, Kev McVeigh, Lilian Edwards, and Paul Weimer
Worldcon 2026: LAcon V
The WSFS Business Meeting Agenda WSFS Business Meeting Recaps from LAcon V F.7 Limitation on Listed Contributors for Hugo Award Finalists
This was withdrawn by Olav Rokne at the Preliminary Business Meeting “Role Creep in the Hugo Awards Semiprozine Category” by Tammy Coxen on File 770 “Role Creep and the Numbers Game: A Measured Response” by Kat Kourbeti on File 770
F.8 Purposeful Proportionality
[Alison told me that we should link a CGP Grey video here but then didn’t put it in the show notes, so good luck finding it, listeners—John]
History of Hugo Category Definitions by Tammy Coxen Unofficial WSFS Business Meeting Browser by Andrew January
Locus
Locus Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1 on Kickstarter
Picks
John: Mothership Companion Alison: Strange Horticulture Liz: Moderation by Elaine Castillo
Credits
Cover art: “Stand Up and Be Counted”, found art détourned by Alison Scott
Alt text: 72 assorted LEGO minifigs in a 6x12 grid. Words above read “Octothorpe 165” and below read “WSFS Business Meeting Register: Stand up and be Counted”. The title case on the part of the sentence after the colon is, frankly, bananas, and it certainly isn’t aligned with the Octothorpe style guide.
Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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