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John is on brand, Alison wants to do Mark, and Liz had a few twinges.\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: COVID (chapter 2)\n\nLetters of comment\n\nChris Garcia\nDuncan MacGregor\nMark Plummer\nNiall Harrison\n\nAdam Roberts’ future books:\n\nThe Death of Sir Martin Malprelate (2023)\nThe Midas Rain (2023)\nLake of Darkness (2024)\n\n\n\n\nRaj\nVarious congratulations from our lovely lovely listeners\n\n\nOctothorpe COVID round-up\n\nLevitation are soliciting signups to their eventual COVID survey\n\n\nHugo Awards\n\nThe finalists have been announced\n\nChinese recommendation posts\nDid Octothorpe have an effect?\n\n\nWhat are your favourite episodes from 2022, listeners?\nSB Divya declined two Hugo nominations\nEspaña Sheriff did not, but blogged on her thoughts anyway\n\n\nChengdu Worldcon\n\nEmails have been sent to members about the programme survey\n“The Stars and the Sea”\n\n\nPicks\n\nJohn: The Scarlet Keys\nAlison: Plutoshine by Lucy Kissack\nLiz: Tour de France\n\nCyclists near Alison’s house\n\n\n\n\nCredits\n\nCover art: “Rocktothorpe” by Alison Scott\n\nAlt text: Three Clangers wearing homages to Sean Connery in Zardoz stand on the Moon, painted on a rock which is in turn against a purple background. The words “Octothorpe 88” appear in yellow/orange at the top.\n\n\nTheme music: “Surf Shimmy” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)