John wants new gloves, Alison is foreshadowing, and Liz scrolls past spiders.
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Content warnings this episode: Spiders (chapter 6)
- Letters of comment
- Chengdu is a shower (but not as bad as the BBC)
- They have opened Hugo nominations
- Conversions for Chinese language nominees: “A factor of 1.6 will be used when converting from English words to Chinese characters. As such the fiction category breakpoints will be: 1) Short Story: fewer than 7,500 English words or 12,000 Chinese characters. 2) Novelette: between 7,500/12,000 and 17,500 English words or 28,000 Chinese characters. 3) Novella: between 17,500/28,000 and 40,000 English words or 64,000 Chinese characters. 4) Novel: greater than 40,000 English words or 64,000 Chinese characters.”
- Nebula nominees are out
- BSFA nominees are also out
- Everything Everywhere All at Once prop auction(s)
- Picks:
- Credits
- Cover art: ”MidJourney Into Space” by Alison Scott
- Alt text: Three adorable little rockets with faces corresponding to John, Alison and Liz above the text “Octothorpe 79”.
- Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
- “Announcement” from Orange Free Sounds (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Cover art: ”MidJourney Into Space” by Alison Scott
