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John is self-promoting, Alison \u201ddoesn\u2019t have COVID\u201d, and Liz is distracting.\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media.\nContent warnings this episode: large power and age differentials in sexual relationships (John\u2019s pick)\nLetters of comment\nChris Garcia\nNiall Harrison\nAdam Roberts on romantasy\nA website called \u201cpudding.cool\u201d\n\nGeri Sullivan\nBridget Bradshaw\nTrishEM says congratulations\nDave Mansfield\n\nUpcoming conventions which aren\u2019t Worldcon\nTriple Time!, the 34th filk convention (2\u20134 February 2024, Buxton)\nPicocon 41 (23 March, London)\nGallifrey One (16\u201318 February 2024, Los Angeles, USA)\nLevitation 2024, the Eastercon (29 March 2024\u20131 April 2024, Telford)\nFunCon (31 May\u20132 June 2024, Buxton)\nGlasgow 2024, the Worldcon (8\u201312 August 2024, Glasgow)\nThree Black Halflings\nHotel bookings open on 22 January 2024\n\nNovacon (8\u201310 November 2024, Buxton)\n\nSend us your Hugo recs while there is a chance we might read/watch them and mention them\nChina Mi\xe9ville and Keanu Reeves are collaborating\nPicks\nJohn: Poor Things\nExhibition of costumes at the Barbican\n\nAlison: Why Don\u2019t You Love Me? by Paul B. Rainey (hardback, ebook, Amazon)\nLiz: Chants of Sennaar (PS4, Steam, Switch, Xbox)\nRelevant Penny Arcade\nCracking the Cryptic play Chants of Sennaar\n\n\nCredits\nCover art: \u201cGlasgow Hotel Board Game\u201d by Alison Scott\nAlt text: A board reminiscent of a well-known board game about property trading. There are three purple properties (Campanile, Village, Moxy), each of which has one hotel. There are two teal properties (Crowne Plaza, Marriott), a replacement for \u201cIn Jail\u201d called \u201cIn WSFS\u201d, a Statue square featuring a man on horseback with a traffic cone on his head, and a square called Telephone Kiosk with a depiction of a police box. In the middle of the board, the words \u201cOctothorpe Episode 101\u201d. Each property has asterisks for the rent and the words \u201cRates coming very soon but not quite soon enough for this cover\u201d appear at the bottom.\n\nTheme music: \u201cFanfare for Space\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)