82: Metatextual Dinosaurs

John, Alison and Liz talk about their Hugo Award nominations.

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• Letters of comment will be coming next week!
• Giant Hugo spreadsheet
• Fancast
  • Hugo, Girl!
• Fan Artist
  • Iain J Clark
  • España Sheriff
  • Sue Mason
  • Alison Scott
  • Sara Felix
• Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): - The TV shows are in Episode 77’s show notes - Don’t Worry Darling - The Astral Pole - Everything Everywhere All at Once - The podcast Liz mentioned - Men - Nope - Prey - Turning Red - Google - Vesper - Horizon Forbidden West
• Short stories:
  • John:
    • “Requiem for a Dollface” by Margaret Dunlap
    • “Transference” by Vivian Shaw
    • “Family Cooking” by Anamaria Curtis
    • “Lily, the Immortal” by Kylie Lee Baker
  • Liz:
    • “Critical Mass” by Peter Watts
    • “Rabbit Test” by Samantha Mills
    • “The CRISPR Cookbook” by MKRNYILGLD
• Novelettes:
  • John:
    • “Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home” by CL Clark
    • “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” by John Chu
    • “Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold” by SB Divya
  • Liz:
    • The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix Harrow
    • What the Dead Know by Nghi Vo
• Novella:
  • John: “Radcliffe Hall” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
  • Liz:
    • Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
    • The Two Doctors Gorski by Isaac Fellman (ebook, Amazon)
• Stars & Stripes FOREVER!
• Earwigo
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” by Alison Scott from an idea by Sandra Bond
    • Alt text: Three red pandas hold “Octothorpe” football scarves with “here we go”, “earwig o” and “be kind to your web-footed friends” as lyrics floating above. Text above that says “82: HUGO NOMINATION RECOMMENDATION SPECIAL”.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)