Octothorpe 77: Slightly Less Troglodyte-y Than You
Feb 17, 2023
51:26
John has trauma, Alison has poetry and Liz hasn’t got Paramount+.
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- Letters of comment
- Raj on Mastodon
- Hugo, Girl! on Twitter
- Chris Garcia
- Chengdu is a shower
- Dave McCarty on Hugos
- Since we recorded, people are reporting seeing emails about Hugo voting – they seem to be landing in spam folders. John posted more info on Mastodon.
- Hugo handicapping
- The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom
- Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
- John
- The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”
- Severance: “Defiant Jazz”
- Star Trek: Strange New World: “Spock Amok”
- Moon Knight: “Asylum”
- The Boys: “Herogasm”
- Alison
- Severance: “The Way We Are”
- Ghosts: “It’s Behind You”
- Mythic Quest: “Across the Universe”
- Harry Josephine Giles’ performance of Deep Wheel Orcadia at the Edinburgh Book Festival
- Severance: “whatever other episodes, they’re all great”
- Liz
- Andor: “One Way Out”
- Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Hear All, Trust Nothing”
- What We Do In the Shadows: “Go Flip Yourself”
- For All Mankind: “Stranger in a Strange Land”
- Stranger Things: “Chapter Four: Dear Billy”
- John
- Picks:
- John: The Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist
- Liz: Strange Horizons’ 2023 criticism special
- Alison: More print and play games
- Credits
- Cover art: “Denizens” by Alison Scott
- Alt text: In black and red, three fantasy creatures resembling John, Alison and Liz.
- Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- Cover art: “Denizens” by Alison Scott
