John is on brand, Alison wants to do Mark, and Liz had a few twinges. 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: COVID (chapter 2) Letters of comment Chris Garcia Duncan MacGregor Mark Plummer Niall Harrison Adam Roberts’ future books: The Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (2023) The Midas Rain (2023) Lake of Darkness (2024) Raj Various congratulations from our lovely lovely listeners Octothorpe COVID round-up Levitation are soliciting signups to their eventual COVID survey Hugo Awards The finalists have been announced Chinese recommendation posts Did Octothorpe have an effect? What are your favourite episodes from 2022, listeners? SB Divya declined two Hugo nominations España Sheriff did not, but blogged on her thoughts anyway Chengdu Worldcon Emails have been sent to members about the programme survey “The Stars and the Sea” Picks John: The Scarlet Keys Alison: Plutoshine by Lucy Kissack Liz: Tour de France Cyclists near Alison’s house Credits Cover art: “Rocktothorpe” by Alison Scott Alt text: Three Clangers wearing homages to Sean Connery in Zardoz stand on the Moon, painted on a rock which is in turn against a purple background. The words “Octothorpe 88” appear in yellow/orange at the top. Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)