John is a thief, Alison plays games, and Liz is bullied. 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 Andreas DavourBella GarciaConstanze HoffmanFarah MendlesohnJonathan CowieJune YoungMike ScottNeil OttensteinRajTammy CoxenZoe O’ConnellWe also heard from Bridget Bradshaw, Colin Harris, Meg MacDonald, and Shi Lala Fan funds The 2025 TAFF race has begun Zi Graves, Mikołaj Kowalewski, Jan Vaněk jr. CUFF comes to an end Fowler AwardHugo Awards 2025 spreadsheet of doomNovels T**he Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettThe Sentence by Gautam BhatiaThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyThe Life Impossible by Matt HaigJumpnauts by Hao JingfangThe Siege of Burning Grass by Premee MohamedAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyHouse of Open Wounds by Adrian TchaikovskyAbsolution by Jeff VandermeerWe Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson Novellas A Mourning Coat by Alex JeffersNorth Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher Short Stories Grottmata by Thomas HaFive Views of the Planet Tartarus by Rachael K Jones Related Works Track Changes: Selected Reviews **by Abigail NussbaumSpeculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the A**lt-Right by Jordan S. Carroll Series The Horus HeresyThe Southern ReachThe Tyrant Philosophers Graphic Stories Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio Abigail Nussbaum’s review at Strange Horizons Dramatic Presentations All of Us StrangersFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaI Saw the TV GlowLate Night with the DevilMy Old AssA Quiet Place: Day OneThe SubstanceTimestalkerWallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlThe Wild Robot Games Tabletop ArcsCity of Six MoonsMothershipUndaunted 2200: Callisto Video Animal WellCaves of QudDragon Age: The VeilguardThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdo**mSlice and Dice 3.0Star Wars: OutlawsTale of the Golden IdolUFO50 Other Bridge Command Poems Sandra Bond Fan categories Artists Alison ScottEspaña Sheriff Podcasts Fanac Fan History ZoomsGoing RogueHugo, Girl!A Meal of Thorns Writers Camestros FelaptonErsatz CultureRoseanna Pendlebury Fanzines Ancillary Review of BooksBanana WingsOrnithopterUnofficial Hugo Book Club Debut authors Moniquill Blackgoose [Alison did not write any of her selections into the show notes and I was sorely tempted not to go through and write them all down for her but I did it for you, listener. I did it for you—John] Picks [isn’t this a whole episode of picks?—Liz] John: Earthborne RangersAlison: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomLiz: Horizon Zero DawnSorry Mark Credits Cover art: “Waffle of comment” by Bella Garcia Alt text: A picture of a Belgian waffle that looks like an octothorpe, on a white background, with the words “Octothorpe 126” above and “now with added waffle” below. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
