Listen "93: The Good Thing About the Hugos"
Episode Synopsis
John is husky, Alison is a dingo, and Liz is a ridgeback.
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Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Abigail Nussbaum
Chris Garcia
Ersatz Culture
Chengdu is a shower
Relevant Pixel Scrolls:
Fanzine and Fan Writer added; videos of the construction
Panoramic views of the convention site
Arthur Liu’s post on Weibo
Glasgow 2024
Glasgow 2024 Presents: The Media of Storytelling: Print v Screen
Hugo discussion
GUFF
LEGO postcards from Australia
You can donate £5 or £10 to [email protected] to get a personalised postcard from Alison
Postcard from Australia for £5
Photo postcard from the Internet for £5
Special surprise exclusive GUFF 2023 Art postcard for £10
Postcard with an “unreasonable special request” for £10 [don’t ask me what this means, I just wrote down the words Alison said—John]
Picks
We did a lot of talking about our opinions of SF this episode, so picks return in future!
Credits
Cover art: “Flying to Australia” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A photograph of Alison’s Apple Watch on a plane to Australia. This episode of Octothorpe is playing on that Apple Watch, which is on her wrist.
Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.
Content warnings this episode: None
Letters of comment
Abigail Nussbaum
Chris Garcia
Ersatz Culture
Chengdu is a shower
Relevant Pixel Scrolls:
Fanzine and Fan Writer added; videos of the construction
Panoramic views of the convention site
Arthur Liu’s post on Weibo
Glasgow 2024
Glasgow 2024 Presents: The Media of Storytelling: Print v Screen
Hugo discussion
GUFF
LEGO postcards from Australia
You can donate £5 or £10 to [email protected] to get a personalised postcard from Alison
Postcard from Australia for £5
Photo postcard from the Internet for £5
Special surprise exclusive GUFF 2023 Art postcard for £10
Postcard with an “unreasonable special request” for £10 [don’t ask me what this means, I just wrote down the words Alison said—John]
Picks
We did a lot of talking about our opinions of SF this episode, so picks return in future!
Credits
Cover art: “Flying to Australia” by Alison Scott
Alt text: A photograph of Alison’s Apple Watch on a plane to Australia. This episode of Octothorpe is playing on that Apple Watch, which is on her wrist.
Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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