John is husky, Alison is a dingo, and Liz is a ridgeback. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Letters of comment Abigail Nussbaum Chris Garcia Ersatz Culture Chengdu is a shower Relevant Pixel Scrolls: Fanzine and Fan Writer added; videos of the construction Panoramic views of the convention site Arthur Liu’s post on Weibo Glasgow 2024 Glasgow 2024 Presents: The Media of Storytelling: Print v Screen Hugo discussion GUFF LEGO postcards from Australia You can donate £5 or £10 to [email protected] to get a personalised postcard from Alison Postcard from Australia for £5 Photo postcard from the Internet for £5 Special surprise exclusive GUFF 2023 Art postcard for £10 Postcard with an “unreasonable special request” for £10 [don’t ask me what this means, I just wrote down the words Alison said—John] Picks We did a lot of talking about our opinions of SF this episode, so picks return in future! Credits Cover art: “Flying to Australia” by Alison Scott Alt text: A photograph of Alison’s Apple Watch on a plane to Australia. This episode of Octothorpe is playing on that Apple Watch, which is on her wrist. Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)