John has trauma, Alison has poetry and Liz hasn’t got Paramount+. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Letters of comment Raj on Mastodon Hugo, Girl! on Twitter Whisper.cpp Chris Garcia Chengdu is a shower Dave McCarty on Hugos Since we recorded, people are reporting seeing emails about Hugo voting – they seem to be landing in spam folders. John posted more info on Mastodon. Hugo handicapping The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form John The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes” Severance: “Defiant Jazz” Star Trek: Strange New World: “Spock Amok” Moon Knight: “Asylum” The Boys: “Herogasm” Alison Severance: “The Way We Are” Ghosts: “It’s Behind You” Mythic Quest: “Across the Universe” Harry Josephine Giles’ performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia at the Edinburgh Book Festival Severance: “whatever other episodes, they’re all great” Liz Andor: “One Way Out” Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Hear All, Trust Nothing” What We Do In the Shadows: “Go Flip Yourself” For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land” Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy” Picks: John: The Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist The official website for the award doesn’t have historic shortlists on it (why) so have a Wikipedia article instead Liz: Strange Horizons’ 2023 criticism special Alison: More print and play games In lieu of a list of games, you can browse Alison’s post history on the BoardGameGeek forums to get an idea for what she’s playing Credits Cover art: “Denizens” by Alison Scott Alt text: In black and red, three fantasy creatures resembling John, Alison and Liz. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)