Octothorpe

147: What? What?! No!

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John is ready, Alison had forgotten, and Liz is surprised.

An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected], join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on Bluesky or on Mastodon) when you post about the show on social media.

Content warnings this episode: Animal torture (letters of comment)

  • Letters of comment
    • Chris Garcia (email)
    • Ed Morland (BlueSky)
    • Farah Mendlesohn (Facebook)
      • Pictcon 2026: PictCon 2 in Perth, 17 October
      • Finbarr O’Reilly (email)
      • Kev McVeigh (Facebook)
      • Kin-Ming Looi (Facebook)
      • Paul Weimer (BlueSky, email)
      • Tammy Coxen (Facebook)
      • Terry Gibbs (Facebook)
      • Raj (Mastodon)
      • We also heard from Mike Scott, Neil Ottenstein and Tammy Coxen
      • 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
        • Ebon Moss-Bachrach on the red carpet
        • Event broadcast on YouTube
        • LAcon V opens Hugo Awards Base Contest
        • 36th Galaxy Awards
          • Roderick Leeuwenhart
          • Tianwen Awards
            • Ersatz Culture on Mastodon
            • BKK Comics Art Festival #4
              • The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF
              • Belgian comics
              • Asian Board Games Festival (ABGF)
                • “Walking The Walk With RPGs In Malaysia” (paywalled on Rascal)
                • Picks
                  • John: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
                    • Shut Up & Sit Down’s review
                    • Board Game Arena
                    • The dice tower
                    • Alison: The Word for World exhibition at the Architectural Association
                      • Secret Maps at the British Library
                      • Liz: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
                      • Star Wars is being properly remastered?
                      • Credits
                        • Cover art: “Nepal Spotter’s Guide” by Paul Weimer (text by Alison Scott)
                          • Alt text: A photograph of the mountains of Nepal with text overlaid, reading “Octothorpe 147 Official Octothorpe Nepal Identification Guide* (*apparently never gets old)** (** Liz might like to go to a comics con there)”.
                          • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)
                            • ...more
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