23: A Lot of Foreshadowing

John thinks that arguments should be more nuanced, Alison disagrees in every conceivable way, and Liz summarises. Please email your letters of comment to [email protected] and use #OctothorpeCast or tag @OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media. A graph of Hugo finalists with more than four names: Letters of comment: Ang Rosin Claire Brialey Mark Plummer Chris Garcia Upcoming events: FANAC are hosting an Interview of Ted White by John D. Berry 23 January 2021, 4pm (Eastern Standard Time) Critical Mass are hosting a single-day mini convention! 31 January 2021, Noon to 8pm (Adelaide time) John will be appearing on a panel about podcasting at 7:30pm (Adelaide time, 9am UTC) Capricon: 4–7 February 2021 Boskone: 12–14 February 2021 All of Fandom is Plunged Into War DisCon III posted a Tweet about the numbers of people allowed to be Hugo finalists Chris Garcia discusses the effect on JP in previous years Colette H. Fozard posted a statement on File 770 about her resignation from DisCon III Jared Dashoff statement on his resignation Are the Hugos a massive cankerous boil on the Worldcon that just needs to be completely purged? Steve Cooper posts to JOF on how much the Hugos cost a Worldcon and some of the considerations therein Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license. Dun Dun Dun Brass is by Orange Free Sounds, used under a CC BY NC 4.0 license.