Octothorpe

By John Coxon, Alison Scott, Liz Batty

A podcast about science fiction and SF fandom from John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty.... more

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Octothorpe episodes:

September 03, 202013: Wakanda Forever
John is in the wrong Zoom, Alison is tactful, and Liz went to her first online convention.
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Letters of comment were sent from Mark Plummer, Claire Brialey and Ian Sorensen
Chadwick Boseman has died of cancer
Ryan Coogler expresses his sorrow
Chadwick Boseman surprises fans
Shuri has been the Black Panther
M’Baku has not been the Black Panther
The Marvel Symphonic Universe
New York Times: The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died
NASFiC 2020 was held online
Liz attended:
Researching the Golden Age with Alec Nevala-Lee and Farah Mendlesohn
The Technological Dreams of AfroFuturism with Dan Tres Omi, Eboni Dunbar, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Sheree Renée Thomas
Panel recordings do not appear to be available, but the schedule is here
Virtually Expo was the online UK Games Expo
John got a lot of badges
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.
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August 20, 2020 12: You Seem to Be a Very Nice Shape, John
John is sort of John-shaped, Alison quite fancies a fantastic beach holiday, and Liz is compensating.
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Upcoming site selection
Chicon 8 (Chicago, USA) was voted in as the 2022 Worldcon, beating Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)
An open letter was coordinated by Anna Smith Spark to criticise WSFS for allowing Jeddah to bid
Cheryl Morgan argues that an incorporated WSFS might address some of these issues
Chengdu (China) is bidding for 2023
Jeddah is bidding in 2026
George R.R. Martin hosted the Hugo Awards
When the Toastmaster Talks Less
Aurealis Awards
reCONvene 2020
Bertie Smith
Upcoming conventions:
Virtual NASFiC 2020
Virtually Expo (the online edition of the UK Games Expo)
Futuricon
Please send us more poems!
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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August 06, 2020 11: Definitely Glowing Right Now
John, Alison and Liz are live from Liz’s house!*
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Letters of comment:
Andrew Hogg sends us a link to Kieron Gillen’s manifesto on New Games Journalism
Pat McMurray reports that if you search for Oglethorpe you find a shopping mall, rather than our podcast
Claire Brialey sent us an excellent poem
España Sheriff sent us an excellent meme
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
*May be a lie.
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58min
July 23, 2020 10: We’re Gonna Turn the Virus Off for an Hour
John is channelling Ian Sorensen, Alison is on Sydney time, and Liz has written a poem.
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Letters of comment:
Max Harden tells us she listens at 3x speed, and says “If only we could speed up pub chats too”.
This gives John the idea for a panel show; have people listen to podcasts at various speeds, see how much they understood, and then have them drink alcohol and repeat!
Dave Mansfield says he often doesn’t have time to read all the BSFA nominees and thanks us for reminding him you can abandon books you dislike
Mark Plummer sent a clerihew to John which cannot be broadcast, and a triptych which can
The triptych is printed below
Liz wrote a limerick in response to Mark’s clerihew, also below
Alison’s GUFF trip has started!
Video diaries on YouTube
GUFF trip VR playlists on YouTube
Virtual conventions
The open letter to the CoNZealand committee signed by a number of Hugo finalists
Eurocon in 2020 – membership is €10
MIT Puzzle Hunt
Hugo Awards
Alison wrote about the Best Fancast
If you’re looking here for a picture of Alison looking confused, I misspoke: look at the album art instead
Anki
Aftershow
An Irish Goodbye
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
Liz’s limerick
The poems of Croydon fan Plummer,
Entertain Octothorpe for the summer.
Though his rhymes are first class,
They’re too rude to broadcast,
Which is really a bit of a bummer.
Mark’s triptych
Doctor John the boy Coxon
Didn’t notice several LOCs on
Octothorpe because he hadn’t checked
And thus he failed to Mark protect
Liz Batty (also Doctor)
Didn’t know so many people had LOCced her
Octothorpe’s a fannish gestalt
But in this respect it’s all John’s fault
GUFF winner Alison Scott
Has several Novas and she has also got
Two Hugos for the fanzine Plokta
But unlike John and Liz she’s [Fremulon] not a doctor
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59min
July 09, 2020 9: The Mark Neglection League
John is an entryist from the Mark Neglection League, Alison is podcasting from a Secret Remote Location, and Liz would like to see the cats.
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Letters of comment:
Claire “Correct” Brialey, Lilian “Time-Traveller” Edwards, “Crazy” Dave Mansfield, Helena “Not Andrew or Mark” McCallum, Mark “Neglection League” Plummer
Alison is preparing for her virtual GUFF trip
11 July–2 August
We are going to be doing a live recording from virtual Liz’s house, with real Liz and virtual Alison and John
CoNZealand
How does accessibility change on Zoom?
Hugo voting will open no later than 8 July
The Colonised, Marginalised, and Historically Underrepresented People Inclusion Initiative
Aotearoa Inclusion Initiative Scholarships
We discuss the new wave of #MeToo in the SF/comics/gaming communities
Staying sane in the apocalypse:
Liz is reading New Suns
John has printed the following on Dox Direct:
An official Arkham Horror print-and-play
An unofficial Arkham Horror print-and-play
Polyhedral Park Planner
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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48min
June 25, 2020 8: We Promise We’ll Read It This Time
John is bad at emails, Liz is bad at Twitter, and Alison is going to be quieter this week.
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We are really sorry to the following people who we inadvertently ignored for ages:
Andrew January
Andrew Hogg
Mark Olson
Mark Plummer
Black Lives Matter follow-up:
50 Brilliant Speculative Works by Black Authors
#BlackInTheIvory
N. K. Jemisin asking for black SF authors to reply on Twitter
The WSFS Business Meeting “cannot” go online
(Our perspective on this is perhaps quite British)
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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50min
June 11, 2020 7: Pontificating from a Complete State of Ignorance
Black lives matter.
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57min
May 28, 2020 6: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Extruded Product
John has seen it all, Alison hasn’t seen Us, and Liz hasn’t seen Star Wars.
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Letters of comment
España went to WiFi SciFi
Two Chairs Talking
A podcast from two Australian ex-Worldcon chairs about SF
Let us know about any other fannish podcasts!
BSFA
Awards
Vector Readings
Discord
Hugo Award finalists for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Michael Sheen and David Tennant are to star in Staged on BBC One
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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51min
May 14, 2020 5: The Pope of All Worldcons
John needs validation, Alison hatches a scheme, and Liz is definitely never going to run a Worldcon.
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The tiles that Alison helped make
CoNZealand
They have announced they will hold Worldcon virtually
They have a streaming partner
Memberships are $300 (NZ): approximately £150
The SFWA Nebula Conference 2020 is also being held virtually
Registration is $150 (US): approximately £120
Alison’s virtual GUFF trip is on Facebook!
If you’re not on Facebook, email us and she’ll send the itinerary to you
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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April 29, 2020 4: Several Degrees Less Sane
John got drunk, Alison threw a party, and Liz was awake early.
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ConFusion 2021 is the next Eastercon
We were right about the Guests of Honour:
Dan Abnett
Nik Vincent
Dave Lally
The provisional bid for 2022 is to be launched at Novacon
Fan fundery:
Alison won GUFF
Anna Raftery’s trip report is being streamed on Zoom and will be available afterwards
The next instalment is on Friday 8 May
John’s trip report is (almost) finished
We got trip report bounties wrong:
SCIFI (in California) awards $500 within five years
FANAC (in Florida) awards $500 within five years or $250 thereafter
Notably, neither California nor Florida is in Canada
Staying sane in the apocalypse
The Arkham Horror Tabletop Simulator mod got taken down after we recorded
Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license
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50min

FAQs about Octothorpe:

How many episodes does Octothorpe have?

The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.

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