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Octothorpe 122: Topical Pumpkin

A pumpkin carved with an image of Beetlejuice, with the words “Episode 122” at the top of the image and “Octothorpe, Octothorpe, Octothorpe” at the bottom.
Art by Alison Scott.

John is on the periphery, Alison is carving, and Liz went to Japan.

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Octothorpe 121: All About the Vibes

Three hippae stand on a landscape of alien grass and plants in blue, purple, red, teal, and orange underneath a pinkish sky. The words “Octothorpe 121” appear at the top and the words “Grass Sheri S Tepper” appear at the bottom.
Art by Alison Scott.

John, Alison and Liz read Grass by Sheri S Tepper.

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Octothorpe 120: Activate Liz

Words read ‘Octothorpe 120: Introducing Judge Coxon. “I am the lore”’. They are around a picture of John as a Judge in the style of *2000AD*, holding a big stack of books. The logo of the Clarke Award may or may not appear in the artwork.
Art by Alison Scott.

John does a funny voice, Alison recoils, and Liz loves big stats and she cannot lie.

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Octothorpe 119: Only One of Them Is My Bludgeoning Hand, John

A famous photograph of Margaret Hamilton standing beside printed outputs of the code that took the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon, overlaid with the words “Octothorpe 119” and “Our Listeners Write In”.
Art by Alison Scott.

John is not assigning blame, Alison is someone, and Liz is acting in self-defence.

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Octothorpe 118: Och Aye, Sci-Fi

Three pins of armadillos flying colourful spaceships are on top of a piece of paper with blobs of glue that look like planets. The lettering “Octothorpe 118” appears above in a similar style to the pins.
Art by Sara Felix (lettering by Alison Scott)

John is savage, Alison hates paper, and Liz likes stationery.

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Andrew Hogg: Noted Fan Artist

Art by Andrew Hogg based on photo by Olav Rokne.
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Octothorpe 117: You Made That Joke Last Time, John

Three photographs dominate the centre of the image. The left-hand photograph is of a prototype Hugo made of rough wood and cardboard; the centre photograph is of a rough-ish wood base and tin foil rocket but with the actual acrylic and etching, and the right-hand photograph is of the finished Hugo Award. Text below the photos reads “protoprototype”, “prototype”, and “2024 Hugo”. Above, the words “Octothorpe 117” appear.
Art by Iain J Clark.

John liked the entertainment, Alison didn’t queue, and Liz wanted soup.

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Octothorpe 116: I’m Not Absolutely Sure I Voted

John, Alison and Liz have won Hugo Awards.

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Octothorpe 115: I Like the Way Glasgow Did It

A giant stripy purple bucket of popcorn on a cinema screen says “Octothorpe 115 WSFS Special”, and John, Alison and Liz sit in the audience, silhouetted in the style of *Mystery Science Theatre 3000*. John is saying “We’re gonna need a bigger box of popcorn.”
Art by Alison Scott.

John is a busy bee, something’s bugging Alison, and Liz meets a wasp.

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Octothorpe 113: I Realised Too Late What I Had Done

Three stick figures run from Godzilla, who is depicted in the style of Godzilla Minus One. The words “Octothorpe 113” used to be at the top of the art, but Godzilla has knocked off the letters “O C T O”, is holding “H”, and is trying to eat “T”.
Art by Alison Scott.

John is doing Discord, Liz is doing programme, and Alison isn’t working on the Worldcon.