93: The Good Thing About the Hugos

John is husky, Alison is a dingo, and Liz is a ridgeback.

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Content warnings this episode: None

• Letters of comment
  • Abigail Nussbaum
  • Chris Garcia
  • Ersatz Culture
• Chengdu is a shower
  • Relevant Pixel Scrolls:
    • Fanzine and Fan Writer added; videos of the construction
    • Panoramic views of the convention site
  • Arthur Liu’s post on Weibo
• Glasgow 2024
  • Glasgow 2024 Presents: The Media of Storytelling: Print v Screen
• Hugo discussion
• GUFF
  • LEGO postcards from Australia
  • You can donate £5 or £10 to guffeurope@gmail.com to get a personalised postcard from Alison
    1. Postcard from Australia for £5
    2. Photo postcard from the Internet for £5
    3. Special surprise exclusive GUFF 2023 Art postcard for £10
    4. Postcard with an “unreasonable special request” for £10 [don’t ask me what this means, I just wrote down the words Alison said—John]
• Picks
  • We did a lot of talking about our opinions of SF this episode, so picks return in future!
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Flying to Australia” by Alison Scott
    • Alt text: A photograph of Alison’s Apple Watch on a plane to Australia. This episode of Octothorpe is playing on that Apple Watch, which is on her wrist.
  • Theme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)