John, Alison, and Liz read the 2024 Hugo Award finalists for Best Novel. An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Rape and murder during a brief discussion of historically accurate piracy in Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, discussion of billionaires during Starter Villain John’s rankings: Some Desperate Glory Translation State Saint of Bright Doors Witch King Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Starter Villain Alison’s rankings: Saint of Bright Doors Some Desperate Glory Translation State Witch King Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Starter Villain Liz’s rankings: Some Desperate Glory Saint of Bright Doors Translation State Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Witch King Starter Villain Consensus: Some Desperate Glory Saint of Bright Doors Translation State Witch King Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Starter Villain Credits Cover art: “Favourite Reading Positions” by Sue Mason Alt text: John is in the bottom-left, sitting in a chair, wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers, holding a can, and reading an ebook. Alison is in the upper-middle, lying down upside down, wearing a purple shirt and stripy trousers, and reading an ebook. Liz is in the bottom-right, wearing a pink shirt with green trousers, holding a mug of a hot beverage, and reading a physical book. They are surrounded by floating beer bottles, books, the Moon, a mug with a moose on it, and two cats. The text “Octothorpe 111” and “Hugo Novels 2024” appears to the top and the bottom of the image. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)