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Octothorpe 104: Groundbreaking and Great

John is in the bottom-left, sitting in a chair, wearing a blue shirt and purple trousers, holding a can, and reading an ebook. Alison is in the upper-middle, lying down upside down, wearing a purple shirt and stripy trousers, and reading an ebook. Liz is in the bottom-right, wearing a pink shirt with green trousers, holding a mug of a hot beverage, and reading a physical book. They are surrounded by floating beer bottles, books, the Moon, a mug with a moose on it, and two cats. The word “Octothorpe” appears in scattered letters around the artwork, against a pinky-purple background.
Art by Sue Mason.

John, Alison and Liz discuss what SF they enjoyed from 2023.

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Octothorpe 103: Just This Guy, Y’know?

The words “Octothorpe 103 Hugo Regalia Shop” appear above a selection of costumes. There are small depictions of a clown, a pirate, a panda and a banana above full-length depictions of a member of the Catholic church (with Hugos on their mitre and crosier), a gangster (labelled “boss”, holding a Hugo), Zaphod Beeblebrox (holding three Hugos) and Jesus (with a crown of thorns but made with Hugos).
Art by Alison Scott.

John is a year behind, Alison is opening nominations, and Liz is Elizabeth (!).

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Octothorpe 102: I Fully Comprehend the Mysteries

Scooby, Velma and Daphne unmask the panda from last week’s cover art, and the person wearing the panda suit looks a lot like Dave McCarty. They say “It was old Mister McCarty all along!” and he says “And I would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for you meddling Hugo finalists!” He is tied up with rope. The words “Octothorpe! 102” appear at the top of the image.
Art by Alison Scott.

John, Alison and Liz respond to a letter of comment from Tobes.

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Octothorpe 101: John Has Developed Precognitive Abilities

A board reminiscent of a well-known board game about property trading. There are three purple properties (Campanile, Village, Moxy), each of which has one hotel. There are two teal properties (Crowne Plaza, Marriott), a replacement for “In Jail” called “In WSFS”, a Statue square featuring a man on horseback with a traffic cone on his head, and a square called Telephone Kiosk with a depiction of a police box. In the middle of the board, the words “Octothorpe Episode 101”. Each property has asterisks for the rent and the words “Rates coming very soon but not quite soon enough for this cover” appear at the bottom.
Art by Alison Scott.

John is self-promoting, Alison ”doesn’t have COVID”, and Liz is distracting.

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Octothorpe 100: I Don’t Have Show Notes or Alcohol

A telegram lies with a golden thread bookmark on a plush purple surface. It has two pieces of Weetabix above text which reads “I am so pleased to know that you are celebrating your one hundredth episode in January 2024. I send my congratulations and best wishes to you on such a special occasion. Claire R (of Croydon).” The words “Octothorpe 100” are at the top in golden lettering.
Art by Alison Scott with telegram by Claire Brialey

John, Alison and Liz receive a telegram.

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Octothorpe 99: Keep Sending Ops Until They Fix It

John, Alison and Liz are on a large privy holding drinks with a snake wrapped around the privy. Speech bubbles surround them: “Have you seen my emotional support python?” “The perfect spot for the old pharts photo”, “It’s another ‘what if…’ episode”, and “Oi! There’s a queue here mate”. A banner with “Punctuation Worldcon 2030” appears at the top and the words “Octothorpe 99” appear at the bottom.
Art by Alison Scott.

John doesn’t study herpetology, Alison knows lots of words, and Liz goes first.

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Octothorpe 98: Finally, Manitoba

The heads of John and Alison regard a lizard version of Sandra Bond who is doing stunts (on fire, skateboarding) while wearing her signature hat. The words “Octothorpe 98” appear at the top.
Art by Alison Scott.

John thinks it’s grandfathered in, Alison doesn’t think it’s SF, and Sandra is Liz.

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Leigh Edmonds’s and Mark Plummer’s locs

An octothorpe (hash or pound symbol) made out of white octothorpes as ASCII art, on a purple background, with the word Octothorpe written at the bottom.
Octothorpe artwork by Alison Scott.

The below locs were sent to us as part of Octothorpe #97 and #98, and are reproduced here because we didn’t have time to discuss them properly on the podcast itself.

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Octothorpe 97: The Future of Language

John, Alison and Liz are depicted as Robin, Harley Quinn and Batman, but the Batman logo is replaced by “WSFS”. The Batmobile is in the centre of the three of them. The words “Octothorpe 97” appear at the top and the words “…to the LizBatmobile” at the bottom.
Art by Alison Scott.

John has played some games, Alison will play some games, and Liz is playing games RIGHT NOW.

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Octothorpe 96: A Less QR-Code-Using Society

A giant panda stands in a metal tub wearing a rainbow show cap with helicopter blades beneath a shower made of bamboo. A purple towel with “42” on it is over the side of the metal tub. The words “Octothorpe 96” are above “Chengdu Worldcon Report” with a footnote reading “might not have been a shower after all”.
Art by Alison Scott.

John didn’t, Alison would’ve done, and Liz tried.