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154: At Least I’m Not Just Internet Shopping

154: At Least I’m Not Just Internet Shopping

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 John is nominating board games, Alison should read more, and Liz bought two memberships. 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 Andrew Hogg (Discord)Chris Garcia (email)Ivan Sinha (Facebook)Kev McVeigh (Facebook)Phil Dyson (Facebook)Esther MacCallum-Stewart (Facebook)Jonny Harden (Mastodon)Paul Weimer (email)We also heard from Brian Nisbet, Bridget Bradshaw, Els, Farah Mendlesohn, Kin-Ming Looi Worldcon 2026: LAcon V in Los Angeles, USA Staff memberships are $100Hugo nominations are open Hugo Spreadsheet of DoomWe’re not recusing this year!Best Novel: On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J HavelandA Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson BennettBeautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoEvery Version of You by Grace ChanThe Raven Scholar by Antonia HodgsonThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiSlow Gods by Claire NorthLuminous by Silvia ParkThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm We believe this is eligible because (a) the version published in 2025 is different to the previously self-published version and (b) there is precedent through Old Man’s War by John Scalzi When There Are Wolves Again by EJ SwiftThe Incandescent by Emily TeshThe Singing Hill Cycle by Nghi VoThe Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson Best Game/Interactive Work: Newfangled electric games: Blue PrinceHades II Good old-fashioned games: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking GameGalactic CruiseThe Lord of the Rings: Fate of the FellowshipThe Old King’s CrownStar Trek: Captain’s ChairStar Wars: Battle of HothTake TimeVantage Niall Harrison’s list of Best Translated Novels Fan funds Eurocon 2026: Metropol Con BerlinNatcon/Swancon 2026: Swancon 50 in Perth, AustraliaThe TAFF candidates are Lisa Hertel and Kat Templeton, to Metropol ConThe GUFF candidates are Farah Mendlesohn and Misha Sumra, to Swancon 50EFF nominations close on 15 March, to Metropol Con Picks John: MurderbotAlison: The UFO 50 soundtrack VVVVVV Liz: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Credits Cover art: “Alison forgot she had to do the cover” by Alison Scott Alt text: Text reading “OCTOTHORPE 154* *See, it’s like this. This is the first day of 2026 that hasn’t been cold, or wet, or both, so instead of doing the Octothorpe cover I went for a nice walk. And bought no board games, but a jigsaw. And did the jigsaw. Sorry.” The text is on top of a photograph of a bridge and some trees underneath a blue sky. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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