23: A Lot of Foreshadowing

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

John thinks that arguments should be more nuanced, Alison disagrees in every conceivable way, and Liz summarises.\nPlease email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media.\nA graph of Hugo finalists with more than four names:\n\nLetters of comment:\nAng Rosin\nClaire Brialey\nMark Plummer\nChris Garcia\n\nUpcoming events:\nFANAC are hosting an Interview of Ted White by John D. Berry\n23 January 2021, 4pm (Eastern Standard Time)\n\nCritical Mass are hosting a single-day mini convention!\n31 January 2021, Noon to 8pm (Adelaide time)\nJohn will be appearing on a panel about podcasting at 7:30pm (Adelaide time, 9am UTC)\n\nCapricon: 4\u20137 February 2021\nBoskone: 12\u201314 February 2021\n\nAll of Fandom is Plunged Into War\nDisCon III posted a Tweet about the numbers of people allowed to be Hugo finalists\nChris Garcia discusses the effect on JP in previous years\nColette H. Fozard posted a statement on File 770 about her resignation from DisCon III\nJared Dashoff statement on his resignation\n\nAre the Hugos a massive cankerous boil on the Worldcon that just needs to be completely purged?\nSteve Cooper posts to JOF on how much the Hugos cost a Worldcon and some of the considerations therein\n\nOur theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.\nDun Dun Dun Brass is by Orange Free Sounds, used under a CC BY NC 4.0 license.