117: You Made That Joke Last Time, John
John liked the entertainment, Alison didn’t queue, and Liz wanted soup. 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 Doug Faunt Renay We are recusing for at least the 2025 Hugos Renay is known for Lady Business and the Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom ULTIMAFAX on YouTube: “Allison [sic] looks exactly like she sounds lol. john does not” Fancast recommendations: Stitch and Bitch by Kalanadi FANAC Fan History by Joe Siclari and Edie Stern Hugo, Girl! by Lori, Haley and Amy 🥰 The Godzilla Minus One eligibility extension was voted down Queue entertainment Cardinal Cox The Quest NPC The Long List of World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons) Glasgow 2024 Back to Our Futures Credits Cover art: “Hugo Evolution” by Iain J Clark (arranged by Alison Scott) Alt text: Three photographs dominate the centre of the image. The left-hand photograph is of a prototype Hugo made of rough wood and cardboard; the centre photograph is of a rough-ish wood base and tin foil rocket but with the actual acrylic and etching, and the right-hand photograph is of the finished Hugo Award. Text below the photos reads “protoprototype”, “prototype”, and “2024 Hugo”. Above, the words “Octothorpe 117” appear. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)