Show Notes
John doesn’t want to pass out, Alison is a wuss, but Liz doesn’t think it’s gratuitous. 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: Gore and vampirism (Liz’s pick)
Letters of comment
Chris Garcia (email) Fredrik Coulter (Facebook) Ivan Sinha (email) Nicholas Whyte (email) Paul Weimer (email) Roseanna Pendlebury (email) Tammy Coxen (Bluesky) We also heard from Ali Baker Brooks, Farah Mendlesohn, Kev McVeigh, and Mike Scott
Chris Barkley got his Hugo Award! Smofcon 2025: Smofcon 42 in Stockholm, Sweden
The Q&A
Videos of the Q&A on YouTube
Kayla Allen notes on File 770 that the sound is very poor in places
Smofcon 2026: Smofcon 43 in Lisbon, Portugal The Worldcons that presented:
2026: LAcon V in Los Angeles, USA 2027: Montreal, Canada 2028:
Brisbane, Australia Nuremberg, Germany Kigali, Rwanda
2029: Dublin, Ireland 2030: Edmonton, Canada 2031: Texas, USA 2032: Nantes, France
Nantes Utopiales
2033: No interest 2034: Glasgow, Scotland
Vision statement
2035: Poland Unknown: Czechia
Festival Fantazie
Picks
John: Your Wish is My Command by Deena Mohamed Alison: The Lost Nose by John Sladek
Sort of collected in Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek by John Sladek
Liz: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Credits
Cover art: “Alison is Still Obsessed with Ukuleles” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A Mahalo Flying V, an Uma Blue Pineapple, and a Brunswick soprano are hanging on a Christmas tree beneath the words “Octothorpe 150”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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John, Alison and Liz are live from Octocon! 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 X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: It’s a live recording!
John parties, Alison queues, and Liz betrays. 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:
John is tired, Alison is listening to music, and Liz is catsitting. 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: Clowns (Chapter 1), Hugo Award statistics (Chapter 3)
John, Alison, and Liz fix the Hugo Awards once and for all. 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: