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Octothorpe

Octothorpe

著者: 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 SF
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  • 136: When Do You Not Want to Talk About Games?
    2025/06/05
    John is ambivalent, Alison is against, and Liz is hangry. 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: None Letters of comment Ali Baker Brooks (Facebook)Chris Garcia (email) 2008 Worldcon site selection Farah Mendlesohn (email) Dream FoundryThe original announcement of the Carole Goldman FundCon or Bust “If you are Palestinian, or identify as a member of the Palestinian diaspora … you may qualify for a larger grant from the [Carole] Goldman Fund.”The deadline for the 2025 round seems to have been October 2024, so it might be worth checking before October 2025 if you’re interested in the 2026 round 2026 Eurocon: Metropol Con in Berlin Jan Harley (Facebook)Kin-Ming Looi (Facebook) Looi Raj (Mastodon)Tammy Coxen (Bluesky)We also heard from Lynelle Howell, Peter Sullivan, Sam Skipsey, Sandra Bond, and Shi Lala Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast Rattlebag has won Best Bar in Northern Ireland at the CLASS Awards Worldcon 2025: Seattle Consultative votes on Retro Hugo Awards and Best Professional/Fan ArtistNew Business Meeting business had to have been submitted by 4 June 2025Apparently WSFS is pronounced “whiz-fizz”?!“About Choosing Convention Program Participants” by Erin Underwood“Genre Grapevine’s Deep Dive into the Use of ChatGPT by Seattle Worldcon” by Jason Sanford Picks John: Welcome to Forever by Nathan TavaresAlison: Andor J Michael Straczynski is moving to the UK to write British TV shows Liz: The Incandescent by Emily Tesh Novacon 54 Credits Cover art: “Liz Hits the Smörgåsbord” by Alison Scott Alt text: Liz, depicted as the Incredible Hulk, comes across a table on which lie many items of food (sketched in black and white) including John (a sausage roll) and Alison (an almond croissant), rendered in colour. The words “Octothorpe 136” appear at the top and “You won’t like Liz when she’s hangry” appear at the bottom. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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  • 135: Very Slightly Soggier
    2025/05/22

    Alison describes her perfect almond croissant.

    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: None

    • Idea, ed. Geri Sullivan
    • Lune Croissanterie
    • Chocolatine
    • Blondies
    • Ado Campeol died in 2021
    • Pink Lane Bakery
    • Credits
      • Cover art: “Almond Croissant Engineering” by Alison Scott
        • Alt text: A blueprint of an almond croissant with “Octothorpe 135” written at the top and “almond croissant engineering” at the bottom.
      • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    15 分
  • 134: In the Framework of Linear Time
    2025/05/15

    John has shortlisted, Alison has worked in large organisations, and Liz has done a spot-the-difference.

    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: LLMs

    • Letters of comment
      • Chris Garcia
      • Clarrie Maguire
      • Colette Reap
      • Roseanna Pendlebury
        • Her Death of Stalin review
      • Tobes Valois
      • We also heard from Ali Baker Brooks, Ang Rosin, Brian Nisbet, Caroline Mullan, DC, Doug Faunt, Ed Morland, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Farah Mendlesohn, Gareth Kavanagh, Ivan Sinha, Jonathan Baddeley, Jonathan Cowie, Kin-Ming Looi, Lilian Edwards, Meg MacDonald, Neil Ottenstein, Phil Dyson, Raj, Sandra Bond, Shi Lala, Tammy Coxen, Tony Keen, TrishEM, ‪Zoë O’Connell‬
    • Corflu
      • FAAn Award Winners
    • Ada Palmer runs a class called “The Italian Renaissance: Dante, Machiavelli, and the Wars of Popes and Kings,” better known by students as “pope class” or “pope LARP”
      • Archive.is
    • Chris Barkley has sued Dave McCarty
      • Shot
      • Chaser
    • Worldcon 2025: Seattle
      • “Statement from the Worldcon Chair”
      • “Apology and Response From Chair”
      • “May 6th Statement From Chair and Program Division Head”
      • Resignation statement from WSFS division
    • Locus
      • 2025 fundraiser
      • Revenue is flat and costs are up 21%
    • Picks
      • John: The Mark
      • Alison: Sinners
      • Liz: Blue Prince
    • Credits
      • Cover art: “Sample FAAn Award” by Alison Scott
        • Alt text: A photograph of a yellow square on a mantlepiece. On the yellow square is black text and a red shape with yellow text. The text reads “Corflu 42. 2025 FAAn Awards. Best Immutable Object: Octothorpe”. Text overlaid on the photograph reads ‘Octothorpe 134. “Don’t believe everything you read on ChatGPT.”’
      • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    59 分

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