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Escape Pod => Episode Comments => Topic started by: Russell Nash on September 15, 2009, 08:11:23 AM
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EP003: Three Wish Habit (http://escapepod.org/2005/05/26/ep003-three-wish-habit/)
By Janni Lee Simner (http://www.simner.com/).
Read by Jonathon Sullivan.
The man opens his hand, the one that’s been in his pocket all this time. A shiny brass bottle lies there, small in his large palm. A band of flowery, unreadable lettering is etched just beneath the narrow neck. Otherwise the surface is flawless: no dents, no scratches, no dirt.
My hands tremble; my heart pounds so loud I have trouble thinking. That’s the real thing he’s holding, no doubt about it. He might still be a cop. But I flip into park, and roll the window down.
Rated PG. Contains some profanity, vehicular violence, and poor judgment.
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Listen to this week’s Escape Pod! (http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP003_ThreeWishHabit.mp3)
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Very cool idea with the use of wishes as drugs. Well-written too, but at the point when he blew his big wish I was cursing at him for being so stupid! What was the big wish even used for? Healing him, if I remember correctly... If you're going to blow a big wish anyway, why not go to an extreme--instead of a one-time healing, ask for the long-term ability to heal wounds very rapidly. Then he could just run from the cops and if he got shot a couple of times no big deal.
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Hello! I am on a quest to listen to all the EscapePod story episodes from start to finish, and I am creating a short-list of favourites as I go.
I'm listening to episodes in 100 story batches, and mentioning which of each 100 I enjoyed most on my blog as I go along.
This is the first story to go on to my short list!
It's a fun story, and I'm glad that it (and most other EscapePod episodes!) remains available for listening, years and years later.
A belated thanks and congratulations to the author and narrator!