82: Metatextual Dinosaurs

Published: April 27, 2023, 2:49 p.m.

John, Alison and Liz talk about their Hugo Award nominations.\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Twitter or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.\nContent warnings this episode: None\n\nLetters of comment will be coming next week!\nGiant Hugo spreadsheet\nFancast\n\nHugo, Girl!\n\n\nFan Artist\n\nIain J Clark\nEspa\xf1a Sheriff\nSue Mason\nAlison Scott\nSara Felix\n\n\nDramatic Presentation (Long Form): - The TV shows are in Episode 77\u2019s show notes - Don\u2019t Worry Darling - The Astral Pole - Everything Everywhere All at Once - The podcast Liz mentioned - Men - Nope - Prey - Turning Red - Google - Vesper - Horizon Forbidden West\nShort stories:\n\nJohn:\n\n\u201cRequiem for a Dollface\u201d by Margaret Dunlap\n\u201cTransference\u201d by Vivian Shaw\n\u201cFamily Cooking\u201d by Anamaria Curtis\n\u201cLily, the Immortal\u201d by Kylie Lee Baker\n\n\nLiz:\n\n\u201cCritical Mass\u201d by Peter Watts\n\u201cRabbit Test\u201d by Samantha Mills\n\u201cThe CRISPR Cookbook\u201d by MKRNYILGLD\n\n\n\n\nNovelettes:\n\nJohn:\n\n\u201cYour Eyes, My Beacon: Being an Account of Several Misadventures and How I Found My Way Home\u201d by CL Clark\n\u201cIf You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You\u201d by John Chu\n\u201cTwo Hands, Wrapped in Gold\u201d by SB Divya\n\n\nLiz:\n\nThe Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix Harrow\nWhat the Dead Know by Nghi Vo\n\n\n\n\nNovella:\n\nJohn: \u201cRadcliffe Hall\u201d by Miyuki Jane Pinckard\nLiz:\n\nUndercover by Tamsyn Muir\nThe Two Doctors Gorski by Isaac Fellman (ebook, Amazon)\n\n\n\n\nStars & Stripes FOREVER!\nEarwigo\nCredits\n\nCover art: \u201cOctothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe\u201d by Alison Scott from an idea by Sandra Bond\n\nAlt text: Three red pandas hold \u201cOctothorpe\u201d football scarves with \u201chere we go\u201d, \u201cearwig o\u201d and \u201cbe kind to your web-footed friends\u201d as lyrics floating above. Text above that says \u201c82: HUGO NOMINATION RECOMMENDATION SPECIAL\u201d.\n\n\nTheme music: \u201cFanfare for Space\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)