John has trauma, Alison has poetry and Liz hasn’t got Paramount+.
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Letters of comment

Raj on Mastodon
Hugo, Girl! on Twitter

Whisper.cpp


Chris Garcia


Chengdu is a shower

Dave McCarty on Hugos
Since we recorded, people are reporting seeing emails about Hugo voting – they seem to be landing in spam folders. John posted more info on Mastodon.


Hugo handicapping

The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom
Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form

John

The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”
Severance: “Defiant Jazz”
Star Trek: Strange New World: “Spock Amok”
Moon Knight: “Asylum”
The Boys: “Herogasm”


Alison

Severance: “The Way We Are”
Ghosts: “It’s Behind You”
Mythic Quest: “Across the Universe”
Harry Josephine Giles’ performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Severance: “whatever other episodes, they’re all great”


Liz

Andor: “One Way Out”
Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Hear All, Trust Nothing”
What We Do In the Shadows: “Go Flip Yourself”
For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”






Picks:

John: The Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist

The official website for the award doesn’t have historic shortlists on it (why) so have a Wikipedia article instead


Liz: Strange Horizons’ 2023 criticism special
Alison: More print and play games

In lieu of a list of games, you can browse Alison’s post history on the BoardGameGeek forums to get an idea for what she’s playing




Credits

Cover art: “Denizens” by Alison Scott

Alt text: In black and red, three fantasy creatures resembling John, Alison and Liz.


Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

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