John, Alison and Liz discuss this year’s Hugo Awards finalists. An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None A note from John: I’ve done my level best to find useful URLs and link them below. Please let me know if there are better links or things I’ve missed! Best Novel Alien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyService Model by Adrian TchaikovskySomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellA Sorceress Comes to Call by T KingfisherThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Best Novella The Brides of High Hill by Nghi VoThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedNavigational Entanglements by Aliette de BodardThe Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarThe Tusks of Extinction by Ray NaylerWhat Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher Best Novelette “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer“Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou“Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker Best Short Story “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K Jones“Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo“Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M Yoachim“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J Kim Best Series Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Burning Kingdoms by Tasha SuriInCryptid by Seanan McGuireSouthern Reach by Jeff VanderMeerThe Stormlight Archive by Brandon SandersonThe Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky Best Graphic Story The Deep Dark by Molly Knox OstertagThe Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 by G Willow Wilson and Chris WildgooseMonstress, Vol. 9 by Marjorie Liu and Sana TakedaMy Favorite Thing is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil FerrisStar Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris FenoglioWe Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans Best Related Work “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jonesr/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge“The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny NicholsonSpeculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S CarrollTrack Changes by Abigail Nussbaum“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) Dune: Part TwoFlowFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaI Saw the TV GlowWickedThe Wild Robot Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) “The Beginning” (Fallout)“Death’s Hand in Mine” (Agatha All Along)“Dot and Bubble” (Doctor Who)“Fissure Quest” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)“The New Next Generation” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)“73 Yards” (Doctor Who) Best Game or Interactive Work Caves of QudDragon Age: The VeilguardThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomLorelei and the Laser EyesTactical Breach Wizards1000xRESIST Best Editor (Short Form) Scott H. AndrewsJennifer BrozekNeil ClarkeJonathan StrahanLynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian ThomasSheila Williams Best Editor (Long Form) Carl Engle-LairdAli FisherLee HarrisDavid Thomas MooreDiana M. PhoStephanie Stein Best Professional Artist Micaela AlcainoAudrey BenjaminsenRovina CaiMaurizio ManzieriTran NguyenAlyssa Winans Best Semiprozine The DeadlandsEscape PodFIYAHkhōréōStrange HorizonsUncanny Magazine Best Fanzine The Ancillary Review of BooksBlack Nerd ProblemsThe Full LidGalactic JourneyJourney PlanetUnofficial Hugo Book Club Blog Best Fancast The Coode Street PodcastEight of Diana Wynne JonesHugo, Girl!Hugos ThereA Meal of ThornsWorldbuilding for Mascochists Best Fan Writer Camestros FelaptonAbigail NussbaumRoseanna PendleburyJason SanfordAlasdair StuartÖrjan Westin Best Fan Artist Iain ClarkSara FelixMeg FrankMichelle MorrellEspaña SheriffAlison Scott Best Poem Calypso by Oliver K Langmead“Ever Noir” by Mari Ness“there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu“A War of Words” by Marie Brennan“We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang“Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan Barlow Lodestar Award The Feast Makers by H.A. ClarkeHeavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan IfuekoMoonstorm by Yoon Ha LeeSheine Lende by Darcie Little BadgerSo Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole Astounding Award Moniquill BlackgooseBethany JacobsHannah KanerAngela LiuJared PechačekTia Tashiro Credits Cover art: “Scorching Hot Takes” by Alison Scott Alt text: A black background. Text in purple reads “Octothorpe 132” while text MADE OF FIRE says “Scorching hot takes on the Hugo finalists...
