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John is a year behind, Alison is opening nominations, and Liz is Elizabeth (!).\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: Israel/Palestine war (Montreal in 2027 segment), serial killers (John\u2019s pick)\nLetters of comment\nAli Baker Brooks\nChris Garcia\nDC\nKevin Anderson\nMark Plummer\nMartin Easterbrook\nMike Glyer\nRaj\nAlison\u2019s fan art page\n\nBSFA longlist\nFan funds\nTAFF\nAnnouncement\nBallot\n\nEFF\nGUFF\n\nMontreal in 2027\nTel Aviv in 2027\n\nChristopher Priest\n2005 Guest of Honour speech\n\nHugo Awards\nTrademarks\nWIP announcement\nMike Dunford on Bluesky\n\nChris Barkley\u2019s interview of Dave McCarty\nTranscript\n\nA possibly smoking gun\nFile 770 comment\nScreencap of post from Chinese socials\nMachine translation\n\nTammy Coxen argues Worldcon will die because of lack of volunteers\n\nPicks\nJohn: How to Find Zodiac by Jarett Kobek (Amazon)\nLos Angeles Magazine article\n\nAlison: Fantasy Map Maker\nAlison\u2019s map\n\nLiz: North Woods by Daniel Mason (hardback, ebook, audiobook, Amazon)\n\nCredits\nCover art: \u201cHugo Regalia Shop\u201d by Alison Scott\nAlt text: The words \u201cOctothorpe 103 Hugo Regalia Shop\u201d appear above a selection of costumes. There are small depictions of a clown, a pirate, a panda and a banana above full-length depictions of a member of the Catholic church (with Hugos on their mitre and crosier), a gangster (labelled \u201cboss\u201d, holding a Hugo), Zaphod Beeblebrox (holding three Hugos) and Jesus (with a crown of thorns but made with Hugos).\n\nTheme music: \u201cFanfare for Space\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)