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Octothorpe

John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty

A Hugo Award-winning podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.

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12: You Seem to Be a Very Nice Shape, John

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2020/08/20

John is sort of John-shaped, Alison quite fancies a fantastic beach holiday, and Liz is compensating. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Upcoming site selection Chicon 8 (Chicago, USA) was voted in as the 2022 Worldcon, beating Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) An open letter was coordinated by Anna Smith Spark to criticise WSFS for allowing Jeddah to bid Cheryl Morgan argues that an incorporated WSFS might

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57:40

11: Definitely Glowing Right Now

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2020/08/06

John, Alison and Liz are live from Liz’s house!* Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment: Andrew Hogg sends us a link to Kieron Gillen’s manifesto on New Games Journalism Pat McMurray reports that if you search for Oglethorpe you find a shopping mall, rather than our podcast Claire Brialey sent us an excellent poem España Sheriff sent us an excellent meme Our theme music is Fanfare for

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58:32

10: We’re Gonna Turn the Virus Off for an Hour

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2020/07/23

John is channelling Ian Sorensen, Alison is on Sydney time, and Liz has written a poem. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment: Max Harden tells us she listens at 3x speed, and says “If only we could speed up pub chats too”. This gives John the idea for a panel show; have people listen to podcasts at various speeds, see how much they understood, and then have them drink alcohol and

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47:33

9: The Mark Neglection League

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2020/07/09

John is an entryist from the Mark Neglection League, Alison is podcasting from a Secret Remote Location, and Liz would like to see the cats. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment: Claire “Correct” Brialey, Lilian “Time-Traveller” Edwards, “Crazy” Dave Mansfield, Helena “Not Andrew or Mark” McCallum, Mark “Neglection League” Plummer Alison is preparing for her virtual GUFF trip 11

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49:35

8: We Promise We’ll Read It This Time

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2020/06/25

John is bad at emails, Liz is bad at Twitter, and Alison is going to be quieter this week. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! We are really sorry to the following people who we inadvertently ignored for ages: Andrew January Andrew Hogg Mark Olson Mark Plummer Black Lives Matter follow-up: 50 Brilliant Speculative Works by Black Authors #BlackInTheIvory N. K. Jemisin asking for black SF authors to

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7: Pontificating from a Complete State of Ignorance

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2020/06/11

Black lives matter. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Black Lives Matter: Black UK racial justice organisations Anti-racism resources FIYAH Magazine The 2017 #BlackSpecFic Report The 2018 FIYAH Black SFF Writer Survey Report Virtual conventions: Balticon: A mixture of Zoom and Discord with Twitch and YouTube España Sheriff attended Balticon CoNZealand: The platform announcement: Using a similar

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50:30

6: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Extruded Product

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2020/05/28

John has seen it all, Alison hasn’t seen Us, and Liz hasn’t seen Star Wars. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment España went to WiFi SciFi Two Chairs Talking A podcast from two Australian ex-Worldcon chairs about SF Let us know about any other fannish podcasts! BSFA Awards Vector Readings Discord Hugo Award finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Michael Sheen

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49:41

5: The Pope of All Worldcons

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2020/05/14

John needs validation, Alison hatches a scheme, and Liz is definitely never going to run a Worldcon. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! The tiles that Alison helped make CoNZealand They have announced they will hold Worldcon virtually They have a streaming partner Memberships are $300 (NZ): approximately £150 The SFWA Nebula Conference 2020 is also being held virtually Registration is $150 (US):

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49:33

4: Several Degrees Less Sane

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2020/04/29

John got drunk, Alison threw a party, and Liz was awake early. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! ConFusion 2021 is the next Eastercon We were right about the Guests of Honour: Dan Abnett Nik Vincent Dave Lally The provisional bid for 2022 is to be launched at Novacon Fan fundery: Alison won GUFF Anna Raftery’s trip report is being streamed on Zoom and will be available afterwards The next

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