Escape Pod, episode 608, even the Queen, by Connie Willis. I'm and welcome to Escape Pod, your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm Divia, your host for this final episode of 2017.

Our story this week is Even the Queen, another Hugo award-winning gem from Connie Willis.

It was first published in 1992 by Asimov Science Fiction magazine.

Connie Willis is the award-winning author of Doomsday Book, Passage,

to say nothing of the dog, bellwether, and blackout all clear. She has won 11 Yuga Awards, 11

Locust Pole Awards and seven Nebula Awards. Her stories have an epic feel to

them and range from laugh- loud funny to deadly serious.

She was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Science Fiction Writers of America named her its 28th Grand Master in 2011.

You can read more about her latest publications and appearances at Connie Willis.net.

Your narrator this week is Veronica Jaguer.

Veronica is an audiobook narrator and voice talent

with a diverse background in academia, engineering, and

science fiction, she enjoys intersections and derivatives of all three in her

media consumption. When not in front of her microphone or consumed by a good book,

she enjoys crochet, running, and baking, but not all at the same time. Now get ready to deal with some family drama because it's story time.

Even the Queen.

Queen.

Written by Connie Willis.

Narrated by Veronica Jaguer. Veronica Jagair.

The phone sang as I was looking over the defense's motion to dismiss.

It's the universal ring. My law clerk Bish said, reaching for it. It's probably the defendant. They don't let you use signatures from jail.

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