John is husky, Alison is a dingo, and Liz is a ridgeback.\nPlease email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, check out our subtitles/transcripts, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.\nContent warnings this episode: None\nLetters of comment\nAbigail Nussbaum\nChris Garcia\nErsatz Culture\n\nChengdu is a shower\nRelevant Pixel Scrolls:\nFanzine and Fan Writer added; videos of the construction\nPanoramic views of the convention site\n\nArthur Liu\u2019s post on Weibo\n\nGlasgow 2024\nGlasgow 2024 Presents: The Media of Storytelling: Print v Screen\n\nHugo discussion\nGUFF\nLEGO postcards from Australia\nYou can donate \xa35 or \xa310 to guffeurope@gmail.com to get a personalised postcard from Alison\nPostcard from Australia for \xa35\nPhoto postcard from the Internet for \xa35\nSpecial surprise exclusive GUFF 2023 Art postcard for \xa310\nPostcard with an \u201cunreasonable special request\u201d for \xa310 [don\u2019t ask me what this means, I just wrote down the words Alison said\u2014John]\n\n\nPicks\nWe did a lot of talking about our opinions of SF this episode, so picks return in future!\n\nCredits\nCover art: \u201cFlying to Australia\u201d by Alison Scott\nAlt text: A photograph of Alison\u2019s Apple Watch on a plane to Australia. This episode of Octothorpe is playing on that Apple Watch, which is on her wrist.\n\nTheme music: \u201cSurf Shimmy\u201d by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)