Listen "68: It Made John Laugh"
Episode Synopsis
John is clever, Alison has lost her composure, and Liz is confused by WSFS.
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Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Kev McVeigh (on Octothorpe 63)
Burntcoat by Sarah Hall (epub, hardback, audiobook, Amazon)
Congratulations to Raj for catching up!
[Do not listen from the beginning – John]
[It is also okay to skip episodes – Alison]
Mark Plummer
Chris Garcia
Farah Mendlesohn
British Fantasy Society Awards
Maureen Kincaid Speller
Tribute on Strange Horizons
Glasgow 2024
Join here!
WSFS Memberships
These have confused some people
WSFS Memberships let you vote in the Hugo Awards and in Site Selection
But not in the WSFS Business Meeting
Cheryl Morgan at Salon Futura
Picks:
John: A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme by CN Hill (ebook, paperback, Amazon)
Alison: Wandavision (Disney+)
Liz: Return to Monkey Island (Steam, Nintendo Switch)
Credits
Cover art: Glasgow by Sara Felix with kind permission of Glasgow 2024
Alt text: The Glasgow 2024 logo with black line drawings of John, Alison and Liz on three planets. Alison has a tiara. In place of the words “Glasgow 2024” are the words “Octothorpe 68”. The logo is on a background in Octothorpe’s purple.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Kev McVeigh (on Octothorpe 63)
Burntcoat by Sarah Hall (epub, hardback, audiobook, Amazon)
Congratulations to Raj for catching up!
[Do not listen from the beginning – John]
[It is also okay to skip episodes – Alison]
Mark Plummer
Chris Garcia
Farah Mendlesohn
British Fantasy Society Awards
Maureen Kincaid Speller
Tribute on Strange Horizons
Glasgow 2024
Join here!
WSFS Memberships
These have confused some people
WSFS Memberships let you vote in the Hugo Awards and in Site Selection
But not in the WSFS Business Meeting
Cheryl Morgan at Salon Futura
Picks:
John: A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme by CN Hill (ebook, paperback, Amazon)
Alison: Wandavision (Disney+)
Liz: Return to Monkey Island (Steam, Nintendo Switch)
Credits
Cover art: Glasgow by Sara Felix with kind permission of Glasgow 2024
Alt text: The Glasgow 2024 logo with black line drawings of John, Alison and Liz on three planets. Alison has a tiara. In place of the words “Glasgow 2024” are the words “Octothorpe 68”. The logo is on a background in Octothorpe’s purple.
Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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