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

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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)

John liked the entertainment, Alison didn’t queue, and Liz wanted soup.

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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)

John, Alison and Liz have won Hugo Awards.

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Content warnings this episode: It’s a live recording!

• Credits
  • Cover art: “Octothorpe and Others” by Simon Bubb (CC BY-NC 2.0)
    • Alt text: John, Liz and Alison (I know, listener, I know) are looking off to the right holding their Hugo Awards as people take photographs of them on the stage at the SEC Armadillo.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)