A cartoon. John, Alison and Liz are wearing Octothorpe T-shirts and matching purple baseball caps while standing behind a market stall clad in a very slightly different purple and with various delicacies upon it. The sign above the stall reads “Octothorpe 158 Hugo HOT takes”, with “HOT” in a little tiny fire. The sign below the stall reads “Always half-baked! Fresh off the griddle! Three-pack special!”

We’re releasing early today, with a Hugo Awards finalists special! We discuss what ended up on the ballot and give some off-the-cuff remarks about it all. We’re also thrilled to be finalists again: a huge thanks to all who nominated us.

Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/158-i-am-t...

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Gotta say thanks to ever'body who helped us out with writing, art, and so much more!!!
Chris

Best Fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, editors Jake Casella Brookins, Misha Grifka Wander, Bianca Skrinyár, Zachary Gillan, Cynthia Zhang, Lyz Bush-Peel An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice L. Newman, staff David Levinson, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Tam Phan, Andi Dukleth Intergalactic Mixtape, edited by Renay Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H Silver, Christopher J. Garcia, James Bacon nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla 224 ballots cast for 61 nominees. Finalists range 33-66.

(43/55) Best Fanzine🚀(cont. 2)
Journey Planet, edited by Allison Hartman Adams, Jean Martin, Steven H. Silver @shsilver.bsky.social, Christopher J. Garcia @johnnyeponymous.bsky.social, James Bacon

Re-watching the Brock vs. Oba match and post-match from WrestleMania and it's clear after Brock gives him the F-5 and turns to face the camera, he knows this is the end. The look on his face is so telling. Incredible stuff.

HHH gets a lot of crap for missing the easy layup.
He did not miss with Oba Femi at WrestleMania! This was an incredible moment and reminds me of Flair vs Sting in 1988.

Before last night, when was the last double juice WrestleMania main event?

Festival View: IT'S HARD NOT TO BE ROMANTIC ABOUT TIME TRAVEL Sometimes, a title hides the way the film you’re about to watch will move. Other times, it says exactly what kind of world you’re about to s...

Film Festival (Short Film) View: IT'S HARD NOT TO BE ROMANTIC ABOUT TIME TRAVEL. @johnnyeponymous.bsky.social has the review at the NOAF blog:
www.nerds-feather.com/2026/04/fest...

One of the reasons The Killing Joke is my fave comic is that it has my fave Joker

I never realized how great Dusty was until he came to WWF and wasn’t nearly the same level

Watching AAA on YouTube and man, the brawl between the El Grande Americanos was awesome! Absolutely right choice to have that match in Mexico instead of at Mania.

My kid JP is in the PICU with a couple of small brain bleed. I’m annoyed because I’ve got to leave him alone overnight because they only allow one adult overnight and I’ve hit Bella with me until Tuesday when Vanessa gets home.

It really does, and most of the time we don't notice until things spike and suddenly you got fifty bucks to last ya 2 weeks

Didn’t kill him, so I’d say it’s a wash

Ok, gotta find a way to work this into Food & Crime 2!!!

I’ve done something unfortunate to the middle of my knee and it hurts!!

Hey! There's a Journey Planet issue coming up dedicated to Los Angeles! You got until the end of March to send us writing, art, other!!!!! journeyplanet@gmail.com

Chapter 5 - Bob's Big Boy Massacre The Bob’s Big Boy Massacre (1980)The Intelligence is Artificial, but the Crime is Real. Episode Overview On December 14, 1980, a mass shooting at a Bob's Big Boy in Los Angeles left multiple peopl...

NEW! The return of Food Criminals looking at the 1980 Bob's Big Boy Massacre pnc.st/s/food-crimi...

I, for one, really wanna know if Bruce Springsteen ever finished the book he mentions in Dancing in the Dark. Was it a genre book??? Maybe a grimoire!

Cinequest 2026 - Anwar Every few years, you get a film submitted that you want to bring to the attention of the world in a way more than just screening it. In the case of  Anwar , it's more than just that. One of the most.....

NEW! An interview with Fawaz Al-Matrouk of the marvelous short Anwar! klausatgunpoint.weebly.com/klaus-at-gun...

SO far today, I've created an 18 hour video, moved 600g of data from one old drive to another, and scanned three 1970s issues of Films in Review. I'm shocked my computers ain't on fire.

Festival View: Anwar by Fawaz Al-Matrouk Life as a genre-nerd film programmer isn’t always easy, largely due to the number of genre-hating film programmers. One interaction I had, y...

I did a thing! www.nerds-feather.com/2026/02/fest...

Also, go and see this flick at Cinequest !!!

Frankly, I think we need far more Googie architecture in our lives.

Screw the Boy Scouts. My kids are still members, and plan on staying that way, but one might have been disqualified by their stupid giving in to transphobes

Hey! There's a Journey Planet issue coming up dedicated to Los Angeles! You got until the end of March to send us writing, art, other!!!!! journeyplanet@gmail.com

Now Available! We're offering a reprint of Let's Have Fun in San Francisco! A classic guide to 1939 SF featuring essays from Benny Bufano, Herb Caen, William Saroyan, and more! www.foreversaroyan.com/publications...

SaroyanOnScreen3 The Human Comedy YouTube video by Forever Saroyan

Hey, I did a thing! Here's a piece on Saroyan's masterpiece: The Human Comedy - www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4Z...

Yep, Jack Smith's report is never gonna see the light of day unless someone leaks it.

Someone needs to leak it.

I’ve always wanted to set up a Rube Goldberg Machine contest. The final step would be to turn the final hex screw on an IKEA Calyx.

My dad used to have a subscription, I think. We had dozens around the house

It was MySpace that had the real magic. It was MySpace all along..,