Listen "128: A Minidisc Player Will Do You No Good"
Episode Synopsis
John picks too soon, Alison is fully paid-up, and Liz found the comment.
An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 7)
Letters of comment
Andreas Davour (toot)
Bridget Bradshaw (skeet)
Chris Garcia
David Bamford (skeet)
DC (skeet, requires sign-in)
Przypadek/Blind Chance
Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
Karen Schaffer
Meg MacDonald (Facebook)
Raj (toot)
Short story: “Bond, Bond, and James Bond” by Eric Molinsky
Novelette: “Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie (from her new collection, Lake of Souls)
Novella: Last Stop by Django Wexler
Tammy Coxen (skeet)
Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast
John has been asked to head up the Discord
Bursaries
Deadline is noon on 16 February
Email [email protected] with as much or as little detail as you like
Eastercon 2026: Iridescence, a bid for Birmingham
BSFA
BSFA Award Longlist
Octothorpe 122 has been nominated, thank you very much!
Review policy rumours
Steven French’s comment on Camestros Felapton’s blog
New chair: Stewart Hotson
Picks
John: Severance S2
Alison: The Brutalist
Liz: Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Credits
Cover art: “Live From Minidisc” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A blue Sony MiniDisc Walkman shows, on its LCD screen, “Now playing: Octothorpe_128”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: COVID (chapter 7)
Letters of comment
Andreas Davour (toot)
Bridget Bradshaw (skeet)
Chris Garcia
David Bamford (skeet)
DC (skeet, requires sign-in)
Przypadek/Blind Chance
Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
Karen Schaffer
Meg MacDonald (Facebook)
Raj (toot)
Short story: “Bond, Bond, and James Bond” by Eric Molinsky
Novelette: “Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie (from her new collection, Lake of Souls)
Novella: Last Stop by Django Wexler
Tammy Coxen (skeet)
Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast
John has been asked to head up the Discord
Bursaries
Deadline is noon on 16 February
Email [email protected] with as much or as little detail as you like
Eastercon 2026: Iridescence, a bid for Birmingham
BSFA
BSFA Award Longlist
Octothorpe 122 has been nominated, thank you very much!
Review policy rumours
Steven French’s comment on Camestros Felapton’s blog
New chair: Stewart Hotson
Picks
John: Severance S2
Alison: The Brutalist
Liz: Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Credits
Cover art: “Live From Minidisc” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A blue Sony MiniDisc Walkman shows, on its LCD screen, “Now playing: Octothorpe_128”.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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