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I wonder will this year's Worldcon be the last one held in the United States.

#Worldcon #Worldcon2026

Das Team für die Bewerbung eines WorldCons in Nürnberg im Jahr 2028 lädt zu einem Zoom-Meeting ein., bei dem das Projekt näher vorgestellet werden soll. Link: zoom.us/meetings/986... #sfcd #worldcon #nuernberg #sciencefiction

John, Alison and Liz start getting excited to nominate things for the Hugo Awards, and they consequently talk about books and games! They also chat about LAcon V and the upcoming fan funds. Listen here: https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/154-at-least-i-m-not-just-internet-shopping/

#HugoAwards #Worldcon #FanFunds #ScienceFiction #Podcast

Text reading “OCTOTHORPE 154* *See, it’s like this. This is the first day of 2026 that hasn’t been cold, or wet, or both, so instead of doing the Octothorpe cover I went for a nice walk. And bought no board games, but a jigsaw. And did the jigsaw. Sorry.” The text is on top of a photograph of a bridge and some trees underneath a blue sky.

Der SFCD ist international im Fandom vernetzt. Deshalb ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass heute ein Päckchen mit Werbepostkarten zur diesjährigen World Science Fiction Convention, dem LAcon V, den Weg zu uns gefunden hat. #sfcd #worldcon #lacon #sciencefiction #convention #losangeles #anaheim #usa

Es geht wieder los... :-) #sfcd #worldcon

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Octothorpe 153 arrives! We discuss the best board games to play at school, and then we cover important topics such as whether yellow is “Pokémon-coloured” before discussing @Smofcon43, Nuremberg 2028, and Dublin 2029. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/153-bowling-captain-kirk-for-a-duck/

#ScienceFiction #Podcast #SMOFcon #Worldcon

A picture of Alison with white hair, wearing a white dressing gown, and wielding a staff with a moose head. John and Liz flank her. She says “Behold! I am reborn as Alison the White!” John says “That’s a bit dramatic… it’s only a haircut” and Liz says “Pretty sure that’s a dressing gown… and are you standing on a box?” The words Octothorpe 153 are at the top.

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#Nuremberg 2028 – Worldcon Bid – The official page of the 2028 Nuremberg #Worldcon #bid
https://nuremberg2028.de/

Die Leute machen ernst! Seit kurzem ist die offizielle Seite der Bewerbung um die "World Science Fiction Convention" 2028 in Nürnberg online. Klingt megaspannend. Link: nuremberg2028.de 🙂 #sfcd #worldcon #sciencefiction #nuernberg

In Nürnberg könnte 2028 der nächste Science Fiction WorldCon stattfinden. Zumindest gibt es dafür jetzt eine Bewerbung. Ich schrieb in meinem Blog heute einige Zeilen darüber.

Hier:

https://enpunkt.blogspot.com/2026/02/nurnberg-fur-den-worldcon.html

#fandom
#worldcon

Das Bild ist ein Ausschnitt aus der Internet-Seite, die für einen WorldCon in Nürnberg im Jahr 2028 wirbt.

Octothorpe 152 is here! We read your letters before discussing Brisbane in 2028’s neat new logo and the latest Eastercon’s financial report. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/152-slap-that-fish-more/

#Worldcon #Eastercon #ScienceFiction #Podcast

John’s head and shoulders appear behind a pinkish desk as if he is the puppeteer of Sooty and Sweep (Americans, ask your British friends). Sooty is pulling on Sweep’s ear. Text at the top reads “Octothorpe 152: John is preparing for the big dust-up”.

I have been a Hugo Award voter in the Worldcon since the Worldcon was held in my then hometown of Helsinki, Finland.

The Voter Packet is an excellent perk. Where else can you pay $50 and get whole series of speculative fiction e-books, for example.

I have nominated and voted for @MicroSFF for years and I will again. Here's hoping. And voting.

The deadline for becoming a Hugo Award voter is 31 January 2026. Have a look at the Reactor Magazine's article to find out more.

#Worldcon #HugoAwards

We emerge blinking into the sunlight of 2026 and we have a full mail bag! We discuss the Montreal 2027 org chart and René Walling’s role at Montreal, as well as recent Hugo how-to guides from Renay and Molly Templeton.

Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/151-only-ding-dong-for-good-and-not-for-evil/

#ScienceFiction #Podcast #Worldcon #MontrealWorldcon #HugoAwards

Three lions photographed on a safari in Kenya, with glasses photoshopped onto two of them to make them look very slightly more like John and Alison. The top has words reading “Octothorpe 151” and the bottom has words reading “Definitely not about the cricket”. It is unclear why, because John edited all the cricket out.

Octothorpe 150 is up, the last episode of 2025! We discuss Smofcon 42 and the conventions that John found out about, plus John doesn’t pass out. RESULT. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/150-i-would-describe-them-as-european/

#ScienceFiction #Podcast #Worldcon #Smofcon

A Mahalo Flying V, an Uma Blue Pineapple, and a Brunswick soprano are hanging on a Christmas tree beneath the words “Octothorpe 150”.

Episode 149 is here! Which we forgot to put on socials because John went to Smofcon 42 and he didn’t remember. We discuss some upcoming Worldcon bids and get slightly derailed by Rutger Hauer. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/149-real-time-toilet-monitoring/

#ScienceFiction #Podcast #Jugger #RutgerHauer #Worldcon #Smofcon

John and Alison, dressed in clothes reminiscent of The Mummy, look down some stairs upon Liz’s tomb, in which her skeleton still holds her Hugo Award, framed by stonework. The words “Octothorpe 149” appear at the top of the image.

Et si la Convention mondiale de la Science Fiction se déroulait à Nantes en 2032 ?

Bonne idée non ?

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#sciencefiction #worldcon

#Sweden Refuses #African #Worldcon Bidders Visas for #Smofcon 42 In-Person Attendance

https://file770.com/sweden-refuses-african-worldcon-bidders-visas-for-smofcon-42-in-person-attendance/

@skribe Works became eligible for Retro Hugos at 50, 75, or 100 years after their publication date if there were no Hugo awards nominated for their publication year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award#Retro-Hugos).

As LOTR was published between 1954 and 1955 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings), that would have made the individual books eligible in 2004/2005, but they wouldn't have been eligible again until 2029/2030 or 2054/2055.

Retro Hugos started in 1996 and were optional; it was up to that year's Hugo committee as to whether or not they'd award them.

Noreascon 4 (2004's Worldcon) did award Retro Hugos for 1954; neither TFotR nor TTT were nominated (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1954-retro-hugo-awards/). I can't speak to why (that was before I started paying attention to the Hugos); it's possible that they were nominated, but not in sufficient numbers to make the final ballot.

The Hugo award was awarded in 1955, so TRotK would not have been eligible for a Retro Hugo. Nominations for the 1955 Hugos are not listed on the award's official site, so I don't know if TRotK was nominated that year (https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1955-hugo-awards/).

This past year the Hugo awards were officially removed from the WSFS constitution, so no further Retro Hugos will be awarded.

#Worldcon #HugoAward #LordOfTheRings #LOTR

A shot of my night DJing at #Worldcon in August went up on their official photo account recently: https://flic.kr/p/2rDb9MM Not the most people, but my (totally impartial and unbiased) wife tells me I played the best music!

Finally!

#worldcon #HugoAwards

ETA Important update in this File 770 post:

https://file770.com/chengdu-worldcon-committee-gives-mccarty-another-chance-to-deliver-2023-hugos/

https://locusmag.com/2025/10/chengdu-worldcon-revokes-administrator-authority/

Liz is back! We discuss a variety of topics including Worldcon finances and the fact that Alison is definitely doing the T-shirts for Eastercon like, any day now. Really. No, YOU’RE overcommitted. Listen here! https://octothorpe.podbean.com/e/146-it-winds-me-up-something-chronic/

#Worldcon #ScienceFiction #Podcast #Eastercon

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