Octothorpe

By: John Coxon Alison Scott Liz Batty
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  • A podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.
    © John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty
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  • 120: Activate Liz

    120: Activate Liz
    Oct 10 2024

    John does a funny voice, Alison recoils, and Liz loves big stats and she cannot lie.

    An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, 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: Death (chapter 5)

    • Letters of comment
      • Abigail Nussbaum
      • Chris Garcia
        • Alison closing a parenthesis
      • Emily January
      • España Sheriff
      • Farah Mendlesohn
      • Ivan Sinha
      • Nicholas Whyte
        • Upcoming eclipses
      • Tammy Coxen
    • 2024 Hugo Voting Statistics
      • 2024 Sankey diagrams
      • 2020 Sankey diagrams
    • Picks
      • John: The Substance
        • Definitely not Subterranea
      • Alison: UFO 50
      • Liz: Alien Clay
    • Credits
      • Cover art: “Judge Coxon” by Alison Scott
        • Alt text: Words read ‘Octothorpe 120: Introducing Judge Coxon. “I am the lore”’. They are around a picture of John as a Judge in the style of 2000AD, holding a big stack of books. The logo of the Clarke Award may or may not appear in the artwork.
      • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    46 mins
  • 119: Only One of Them Is My Bludgeoning Hand, John

    119: Only One of Them Is My Bludgeoning Hand, John
    Sep 26 2024
    John is not assigning blame, Alison is someone, and Liz is bludgeoning. An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky or on Instagram) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Sexual assault (Neil Gaiman allegations, at 39:28 to 42:02). Letters of comment Niall HarrisonOn our Hugo win/recusing Andy on MastodonChris GarciaMeg MacDonaldPerianne LurieRenaySandra Bond’s poem On info desk and maps Alan FlemingDoug FauntPeter Sullivan On communications Chris GarciaDuncan MacGregor on Mastodon On WSFS Business Meeting June Young (email, 9 September)Chris Garcia (email, 29 August) Martin Freeman circa 2001Post from Nicholas Whyte on consultative vote DC on MastodonDuncan MacGregor on MastodonRaj on MastodonOur brand is now WSFS Commentators and people like it?Laurie Burchell On Worldcon attendance numbers Tero on Mastodonaoanla on Mastodon Miscellaneous Hugo finalists: Raj on MastodonProgramme: aoanla on MastodonBack to Our Futures We also heard from: Ali Baker Brooks, Angela Rosin, Catherine Pickersgill, Curt Phillips, Damien Warman, Dave Coxon, España Sheriff, Farah Mendlesohn, Fiona Moore, Fran Dowd, Gav Reads, Iain Clark, Jonathan Baddeley, Julie Faith McMurray, Karen Schaffer, Leigh Edmonds, Lilian Edwards, Malcolm Hutchison, Mike Scott, Neil Ottenstein, Phil Dyson, Roseanna Pendlebury, Trish Neil Gaiman File 770Genre GrapevineElise Matthesen on DreamwidthThe GuardianTheremina on Patreon Future Worldcons Seattle 2025 Seattle is having a Poetry HugoSeattle has announced a judged film festival LAcon V looks good Good guests“The LA in 2026 bid received 452 out of 531 votes cast.” Tel Aviv in 2027Brisbane in 2028 The latest episode of FANAC History Zoom is “The secret history of Plokta”, with Steve Davies, Sue Mason, Alison Scott, and Mike ScottPicks John: Alien: RomulusAlison: KAOSLiz: Control Credits Cover art: “We got a lot of letters” by Alison Scott Alt text: A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 119” and “Our Listeners Write In”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 118: Och Aye, Sci-Fi

    118: Och Aye, Sci-Fi
    Sep 12 2024

    John is savage, Alison hates paper, and Liz likes stationery.

    An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, 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: harsh criticism (Publications), racism (Picks)

    • Glasgow wants your feedback on Facebook
    • Worldcon photography
      • Glasgow 2024 photographs on Flickr
      • Andrew Hogg: Noted Fan Artist
      • Andy Openshaw’s photo on BlueSky
    • Halls 4 and 5
      • Staples
      • WOOF
      • In Memoriam
      • Boris the Spider
      • John’s Swag
    • Communications
      • Join fancon.dev on Discord
    • Picks
      • John: The Acolyte
      • Alison: Nimona
      • Liz: The Case of the Golden Idol
    • Credits
      • Cover art: “Armadillo Pins” by Sara Felix (lettering by Alison Scott)
        • Alt text: Three pins of armadillos flying colourful spaceships are on top of a piece of paper with blobs of glue that look like planets. The lettering “Octothorpe 118” appears above in a similar style to the pins.
      • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    1 hr and 6 mins

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