John is middle, Alison is even sadder, and Liz is sorry.

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Content warnings this episode: Discussion of access issues (chapter 2), wealth privilege (chapter 6)

• Letters of comment

• Abigail Nussbaum

• The Eastercon members’ portal

• Critical Friends 8

• Dave Langford receives the trophy

• Alt text: Dave Langford triumphantly lofts a blue Bag for Life from Tesco, which we are expected to believe contains the Doc Weir trophy. He is standing in front of a house.

• The results

• “The Pidu district of Chengdu announces a 10-year science fiction plan”

• Town Hall Event: Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Glasgow

• John: Dredge

• Cover art: “Voyagers” by Ulrika O’Brien

• Alt text: The background is a starry, lightning-filled square in blues, purples, and yellows. Atop that, there is a spaceship, somewhat like a rocket, with engines coming out of the sides. There are yellow lights shining from it, and a ladder reaches up to a central archway. John, Alison and Liz are depicted as silhouettes, regarding it with wonder. Their shadows stretch off the canvas, and they look faintly alien or futuristic in a hard-to-define manner.