John is going to have lunch, Lori is going to brunch, and Liz is not hungry?
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Content warnings this episode: Mispronounced names (chapter 4), class structures (chapter 7)

Worldcon 2025: Seattle

Hugo Awards

The ceremony

Pronunciations
Grigory Lukin
Nisi Shawl on Bluesky: first, second
K Tempest Bradford on X in 2020: first, second
K Tempest Bradford on Bluesky


The winners
Billy on the Street

“For a dollar, name a woman!”


Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes




Worldcon 2030: Edmonton bid
Picks

John: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia

The Wall and The Horizon
Andrew Openshaw’s review


Lori: The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Liz: The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho


Credits

Cover art: “Ceremony Script Revealed” by Alison Scott

Alt text: A picture of a book entitled “Hugo Award Pronunciation Guide” written by George R R Martin. The cover design is in the style of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, with an Iron Throne made of Hugo Awards. The words “Octothorpe 142” are at the top in a Game of Thrones-y typeface.


Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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