John is playing a game, Alison is in New Zealand, and Liz’s head is on fire. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Privilege (letters of comment), carbon emissions (GUFF), grant applications (picks) Letters of comment Dave Mansfield Esther MacCallum-Stewart Chris Garcia Abigail Nussbaum SJ Johnson Hugos Congratulations to Hugo, Girl! Thanks to Nicholas Whyte for Being our designated Hugo acceptor Liveblogging the Hugo Award ceremony GUFF It goes from Australasia to Europe (and vice versa) Australasia Stonehenge Aoteroa Woomera Te Tauaarangi Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Kākāpō family tree Picks John: Don’t Play This Game (play the demo) Alison: Australia Liz: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (epub, paperback, audiobook, Amazon) Credits Cover art: “Birds” by España Sheriff Alt text: A kakapo, a kiwi and a SIAMESE FIREBACK just chilling out. They look a bit like John, Alison and Liz. The words “Octothorpe 95” adorn the top of the cover. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)