Escape Part, episode 706. Rule of 3, Part 2, by Lawrence M. Schurm. I'm Hello and welcome to Escape Pod your weekly science fiction podcast.

I'm Vivia, your host for this episode.

Our story this week is The Rule of Three by Lawrence M. Schone.

It was first published by Future S.F. Issue number 1 in 2018.

This is part 2 of 3 parts.

Lawrence M. Schone holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology,

is a past Campbell, Hugo, and Nebula nominee,

won the Coyotil Award for Best Novel,

founded the Clingon Language Institute, is a hypnotherapist specializing

in authors issues, and writes science fiction and fantasy ranging from the humorous to the deeply philosophical.

Your narrator this week is Christopher Tang.

Christopher lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia,

with his wife, son, and three cats, who desperately want to interrupt

any recording he is doing.

During the day, he helps sell role-playing games at Drive-Thru RPG, and during the night he helps

lush read over at Cast of Wonders and is trying to write his own role-playing

games. You can find more about him or make contact on his Twitter at Chris Tang writer.

In last week's episode our protagonist traveled to rural China, overcame jet lag and

food poisoning, and discovered that his grandmother's funny man was in fact an alien named Foon.

He also learned about the concept of unlife and the rule of three. Now get ready to learn more about aliens and their technology

because it's story time. The Rule of Three by Lawrence M. Sean, narrated by Christopher Tang. Part 2.

I have been exploring your solar system for most of a century, Foom said.

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