John liked the entertainment, Alison didn’t queue, and Liz wanted soup.

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• Letters of comment

• Doug Faunt

• We are recusing for at least the 2025 Hugos

• “Allison [sic] looks exactly like she sounds lol. john does not”

• Stitch and Bitch by Kalanadi

• Cardinal Cox

• Back to Our Futures

• Cover art: “Hugo Evolution” by Iain J Clark (arranged by Alison Scott)

• Alt text: Three photographs dominate the centre of the image. The left-hand photograph is of a prototype Hugo made of rough wood and cardboard; the centre photograph is of a rough-ish wood base and tin foil rocket but with the actual acrylic and etching, and the right-hand photograph is of the finished Hugo Award. Text below the photos reads “protoprototype”, “prototype”, and “2024 Hugo”. Above, the words “Octothorpe 117” appear.