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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 7 covers the first half of The Captive's War's first novella, LIVESUIT.
In this episode:
- We meet Kirin and Piotr, our Very Special Supersoldiers who are definitely certainly of course going to be just fine at the end of this cosmic sci-fi horror novella.
- Despite the warning of every character in this story that timelines are meaningless, we put together The OFFICIAL Livesuit Timeline by The Mercy of Pods.
- Brigid gives her fancast for Kirin, and Clint gives his for Piotr.
- We travel far and wide among several different human-colonized planets who are being forced to fight in The Great War.
- Sergeant Huang convinces a ragtag group of recruits to put on a very special suit of armor that will turn them into gods and kill them at the same time.
- Your hosts give their stance as to whether or not you can ever take the Livesuit off (SPOILER: you 100% cannot) and their stance on getting eaten alive while drowning (SPOILER: not big fans).
- Mina deserved better.
- We engage in a wide ranging discussion of Livesuit's influences, including but not necessarily limited to: Philip K. Dick, Hamlet, World War I, George Saunders, Timecop, Somewhere In Time, and Metallica.
- Kirin reaches the midpoint of his convoluted timeline, and crosses the bridge between this life, the next life, and the one after that.
Join us next time when we finish off LIVESUIT by talking about Silent Horses and silent friends! Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at themercyofpods@gmail.com. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants.
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