Octothorpe

129: Deep in Annex A

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John thought of something, Alison is educational, and Liz reads contracts.

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Content warnings this episode: Money (chapter 3)

  • Please remember that we have recused from consideration for the 2025 Hugo Awards
  • Letters of comment
    • Chris Garcia
    • DC
      • On Blind Chance (skeet, requires sign-in)
      • On picking books (skeet, requires sign-in)
      • Doug Faunt
      • Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
      • Eastercon 2025: Reconnect in Belfast
        • Cancelling non-refundable hotel rooms does not net one a refund
          • We get ourselves into knots trying to work out what’s happened here and we’re not sure
          • Alison taught John and Liz about complaining about cancellations
            • Cancelling goods or services
            • Make a court claim for money
            • Worldcon 2025: Seattle
              • Virtual Business Meeting details
                • Lumi Global
                • The meetings are all at 09:00–12:30 (PDT/UTC-7) on 4, 13, 19, 25 July
                • Hugo nominations are open
                  • How to nominate
                  • Picks
                    • John: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Marc Sumerak
                    • Alison: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
                    • Liz: Nova by Samuel Delany
                      • John Nielsen-Hall’s article, “Running up that Hill: or Life with the Brunners” appears in Prolapse #7
                        • Prolapse
                        • Motorway Dreams, a collection of Nielsen-Hall’s writing which includes the article
                        • Credits
                          • Cover art: “Thailand Positioning Service” by Alison Scott
                            • Alt text: Words read “Octothorpe 129: Can you pin Thailand on the map?” above a black-and-white world map. The backs of John, Alison and Liz’s heads are shown. John is thinking “Yup!”, Liz is thinking “100%”, and Alison is holding Thailand and thinking “???”.
                            • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
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