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

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• Letters of comment
  • Doug Faunt
  • Renay
    • We are recusing for at least the 2025 Hugos
    • Renay is known for Lady Business and the Hugo Award Spreadsheet of Doom
  • ULTIMAFAX on YouTube:
    • “Allison [sic] looks exactly like she sounds lol. john does not”
• Fancast recommendations:
  • Stitch and Bitch by Kalanadi
  • FANAC Fan History by Joe Siclari and Edie Stern
  • Hugo, Girl! by Lori, Haley and Amy 🥰
• The Godzilla Minus One eligibility extension was voted down
• Queue entertainment
  • Cardinal Cox
  • The Quest NPC
• The Long List of World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons)
• Glasgow 2024
  • Back to Our Futures
• Credits
  • Cover art: “Hugo Evolution” by Iain J Clark (arranged by Alison Scott)
    • Alt text: 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.
  • Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)