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Octothorpe

Octothorpe

著者: John Coxon Alison Scott Liz Batty
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A Hugo Award-winning 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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  • 141: A Whole Episode Without Business Meeting Content
    2025/08/14
    John is worried, Alison volunteers, and Liz is warm. 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 Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Letters of comment Chris Hurley (email)Dave O’Neill (Bluesky, DM)Ivan Sinha (Facebook)Jesi Lipp (email, Facebook)John Hertz (typewritten letter with pasted image from File 770 scanned by Fedex and sent by email)Mike Glyer (email)Neil Ottenstein (Facebook)Nicholas Whyte (email)Nuala (Bluesky)Paul Weimer (Bluesky)Rory Hennell James (Bluesky)Tammy Coxen and Jesi Lipp (Bluesky)We also heard from Doug Faunt and Farah Mendlesohn Worldcon 2025: Seattle Business Meeting Jesi Lipp posted some excellent infographics on JOFJesi also posted a small table on our Facebook of attendances back to 2014 and John made them into a graphNASFiC is gone The USA has a national con now and it’s Dragon Con, so why compete? We will return to this question…The end of fan-run conventions in the USA NASFiC is gone, leaving Dragon Con as the de facto national conventionThe Westercon by-laws have been repealedWiscon has not got enough volunteers to run an in-person conventionGallifrey One is coming to an end, Showmasters Events are running a commercial replacementGeekGirlCon and Penguicon are strugglingArisia, Baycon, Boskone, Loscon have all shrunk (anecdotally) The end of fan-run conventions more widely? New Zealand: Fan-run conventions have been struggling since CoNZealandFinland: SMOF News recently reported that Finncon is not running due to lack of volunteers More widely to do with volunteering? Maybe more true in the UK? Picks John: The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian TchaikovskyAlison: Control Room B at Battersea Power Station (and Battersea Power Station Station)Liz: Woodworking by Emily St. James Credits Cover art: “Mildly Wes” by Alison Scott Alt text: A photograph of a cocktail bar at Battersea Power Station. The words “Control Room B” are above the cocktail bar, and the words “Octothorpe 141” overlaid in similar style. Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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  • 140: Nerdiest Nerds Who Ever Nerded
    2025/07/31
    John is laughing, Alison is coughing, and Liz has already eaten. 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 Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: Coughing (aftershow) Letters of comment Ali Baker Brooks (Facebook)Constanze Hofmann (Facebook)David Bamford (Bluesky)Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)Jake Casella Brookins (Bluesky)Jonathan Baddeley (Facebook)Tommy Ferguson (email)We also heard from Olav Rokne, Shi Lala, Tammy Coxen 2025 Worldcon: Seattle Business Meeting Business Meeting Agenda and Recaps File 770 reporting: 4 July, 19 July, 25 JulyYouTube recordings: 4 July, 19 July, 25 July13 July was not reported/recorded because of executive session Trial Committee Doctor Science, España Sheriff, Ian Stockdale, Kat Kourbeti, Kris “nchanter” Snyder Mark Protection Committee Nicholas Whyte, Alan Bond, and Chris Rose have benefitted quite massively from shortcomings in the WSFS voting mechanism, reports Nicholas WhyteUniversity of Cambridge’s Single Transferable Vote regulationsThere’s a new way to remove MPC members Ben Yalow jumped before being pushed E.2 got ratified and then un-ratified again Andrew January visualised what the changes implyNicholas Whyte pointed out this would accidentally hugely disenfranchise Attending MembershipsMeg MacDonald pointed out in the Business Meeting that Glasgow had 1390 “First Worldcon” members We should vote with “Everybody Votes” style Smofcon 42 bursaries are available 2027 Worldcon: Montreal bid The prospective co-chairs have been announced Picks John: One Soul by Ray FawkesAlison: BitterLiz: Superman Credits Cover art: “WSFS Everybody Votes Channel” by Alison Scott Alt text: Three Miis in the style of John, Alison and Liz on a background reminiscent of the Everybody Votes Channel from the Nintendo Wii. The words “Octothorpe 140” appear at the top and “WSFS Everybody Votes Channel” at the bottom. - Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    1 時間 14 分
  • 139: Mostly Just a Wide Spot on the Road
    2025/07/17
    John was at the business meeting, Alison was at the cricket, and Tammy is Liz. 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 Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None Find Tammy at her podcast, my tiny bottlesLetters of comment Chris Garcia (email)Colette Reap (email)Farah Mendlesohn (email)Ivan Sinha (Facebook)Mike Glyer (email)Niall Harrison (email) Here are Niall’s 10 recommendations for you, listeners! [Interestingly, Niall did not mention any of the translators except for one, and so I had to go and look them all up—John] A Thousand Blues by Cheon Seon-ran, translated by Chi-Young KimVanishing World by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriUnder the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa YonedaDengue Boy by Michel Nieva, translated by Rahul BerySea Now by Eva Meijer, translated by Anne Thompson MeloHouse of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesThe Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa, translated by Polly BartonSympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan, translated by Jesse KirkwoodBlood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton HurIce by Jacek Dukaj, translated by Ursula Phillips Raj (Mastodon)We also heard from Ali Baker Brooks, Brian Nisbet, Fredrik Coulter, Neil Ottenstein, and Sandra Bond 2027 Worldcon: Montreal bid The timeline so far: Terry Fong steps down, replaced by Darin BriskmanCanSMOF adds Bruce Farr as bid co-chairTammy writes “The Worldcon is in Trouble” on File 770 Site selection 2025 Worldcon: Seattle Business Meeting, part 1Business Meeting, part 2: this was entirely in executive session and so none of it ended up on YouTube. Sorry, listeners! You had to be there…Further meetings will occur on 19 July and 25 July at 17:00 BST/09:00 PDT 2023 Worldcon: Chengdu Chris Barkley’s 100th column Picks John: DIE by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles Read the first issue free!Future issues will eventually be available on Sweet ShopMy First Dungeon Alison: After Us, the Flood and We Are AliensTammy: The Nine Worlds by Victoria Goddard The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria GoddardThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison Credits Cover art: “Our Tiny Bottles” by Alison Scott Alt text: The words “Octothorpe 139” appear at the top and the words “…our tiny bottles…” appear at the bottom. Three bottles are drawn in the middle. The left-hand bottle is a Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Coca-Cola bottle. The middle bottle is a bottle that looks a bit like a moose. The right-hand bottle is Bottle #18, “The Original Canton Delicate Ginger Liqueur”. Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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    1 時間 15 分
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