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An escape pod, escape capsule, life capsule, or lifepod is a capsule or craft, usually only big enough for one person, used to escape from a vessel in an emergency. An escape ship is a larger, more complete craft also used for the same purpose. Escape pods are ubiquitous in science fiction but are only used in a few real vehicles.




Real life


Because they were intended to fly too high and fast for safe use of conventional ejection seats, the Bell X-2, B-58 Hustler, XB-70 Valkyrie, F-111 and B‑1A Lancer all used enclosed escape crew capsules of some kind.
A similar concept OSCAR (Optimum Survival Containment and Recovery), was intended for the Vought F-8 Crusader.
The single submarine of the Soviet "Mike"-class, K-278 Komsomolets had an escape capsule, which was jettisoned upon its sinking in 1989. Other Soviet submarines like the Oscar-class are only rumored to have escape capsules. During the sinking of the Kursk, the crew was unable to reach it. Also the Typhoon-class is rumored to have escape pods located near or in the sail. Evidence for this can be found in a German documentary on the Typhoon-class submarine Severstal. The Shishumar class submarine has an IKL-designed integrated escape sphere. The sphere has accommodations for the entire crew with an eight-hour air supply.




Fiction


Escape pods are frequently depicted as being used by large spacecraft in science fiction, for example the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars, the Axiom in WALL-E, and the vessels of Starfleet in Star Trek. The 1981 film Lifepod and the 1993 TV film of the same name both revolve around such vehicles.




See also



Lifeboat – Small boat carried on a ship for emergency evacuation
Escape crew capsule – Aircraft crew escape system
Launch escape system – A system to get the crew to safety if a rocket launch fails
Apollo abort modes – Plans for mission abort during an Apollo spacecraft launch
Space Shuttle abort modes – NASA Space Shuttle safety procedures
Orion abort modes – Launch abort modes used by the Orion spacecraft
Soyuz abort modes – Soyuz spacecraft emergency crew rescue systems
Escape Pod – Science fiction podcastPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets




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• Source: Escape Pod

Escape Pod is a science fiction podcast magazine produced by Escape Artists, Inc. It proclaims itself "the world's leading science fiction podcast". The present co-editors are Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya.
While episodes are free, the company runs on listener donations and sponsorship.




Podcast history


Escape Pod launched on 12 May 2005 with founder Serah Eley filling all roles. Writer Jeremiah Tolbert later joined as editor. Serah Eley announced her retirement on 26 April 2010. Her last appearance was Episode 240 on 12 May 2010.
Mur Lafferty assumed both producer and hosting roles at Escape Pod with Episode 241. Effective 1 January 2013, Mur Lafferty stepped down as editor, keeping her association with Escape Artists, Inc. On 18 December 2012, at Escape Pod's site, Mur published "Announcing the new editor of Escape Pod!", naming co-host Norm Sherman the new editor and Alasdair Stuart interim editor until Sherman assumed his new role. Escape Pod confirmed Mur's departure in the introduction for Episode 377, on 3 January 2013.
Near the end of 2013, the company announced that due to a combination of increased listener demand and a decline in contributions, they were three months from insolvency. After overwhelming response from listeners, it was announced that the company was fully funded for at least ten months, and that the company had been purchased by Pseudopod host, Alasdair Stuart.
In May 2017, Norm Sherman stepped down as editor. Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya, who was previously the assistant editor, became co-editors. Benjamin C. Kinney assumed the role of assistant editor.




Escape Artists, Inc.


Escape Artists, Inc. is a Georgia (USA) corporation established 21 February 2006 by Serah Eley to produce Escape Pod and sister podcasts, Pseudopod and PodCastle. It is distinct from Escape Artists Productions, LLC. The company was purchased in July 2014 by Alasdair Stuart and Dan Sawyer. As of January 2016, Escape Artists added a fourth podcast, as Cast of Wonders joined the company.




= Sister podcasts

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Escape Pod has four sister podcasts:

Pseudopod is dedicated to horror fiction
PodCastle is dedicated to fantasy fiction
Cast of Wonders features young adult speculative fiction
Cats Cast features speculative cat fiction




= Ezine

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Escape Artists produced an ezine, Mothership Zeta. Six issues were released, the editor was Mur Lafferty. It went on hiatus in 2016.




Content


Escape Pod features several types of content. A science fiction story is presented weekly in audio and text. On rare occasions, other types of content have been made available on Escape Pod, such as metacasts (episodes discussing the achievements and future plans of the show itself), the year's Hugo Award nominees, an interview, book and movie reviews, PDFs for Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty and Infected by Scott Sigler, and a special issue for flash fiction less than 1500 words.




= Short fiction

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The weekly story is usually between 2000 and 6000 words in length.
In 2008, Escape Pod refocused its attention back to its science fiction roots, leaving horror, fantasy, and young adult stories to the sister podcasts. In 2018, Escape Pod began running longer stories across 2 to 4 episodes.




= Music

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Escape Pod's music is provided by surf rock band Daikaiju with the band's permission. The opening theme is the instrumental song "The Final Phase", and the closing theme is "Choujikuu Mitsukai" ("Super-Dimensional Angels"). Both are from the album The Phasing Spider Menace.




= Narration

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Stories are read by people associated with Escape Pod as well as voice actors and members of the podcasting community. Narrations are mostly presented in an audio-book style with a single reader and no special effects. Escape Pod generally does not have authors read their own works.




Reception


The podcast has been a finalist for the Parsec Award four times for Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form), once for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form), and twice for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast.
Escape Pod was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine in 2018.

Short fiction audio podcast magazines like Escape Pod and its sister publications, Pseudopod and PodCastle, have caught the interest and imagination of fiction enthusiasts, and doing a wonderful job at reviving awareness in both new short fiction and classic works




SFWA qualification


Escape Pod is considered a professional market by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), and publication in it count towards qualifying authors for association membership. Writers are paid according to the market guidelines established by SFWA.




Distribution and rights


Escape Pod is distributed under the Creative Commons attribution non-commercial no-derivatives 3.0 license. This means that episodes are available at no cost and can be redistributed but not sold or modified. Any of the show's episodes may be downloaded individually from Escape Pod's website or received via a podcatcher.
The fiction itself remains copyrighted by its respective authors. Escape Pod contracts with the authors for non-exclusive audio rights, paying semi-professional rates.
Escape Pod sold five collections of their podcasts at PodDisc, a CD fulfillment site that closed in 2016. Disc One contains episodes 1 through 26. Disc Two contains 27 through 52. Disc Three contains episodes 53 through 78. Disc Four contains episodes 79 through 104. Disc Five contains episodes 105 through 130.




References






External links


Official website
Review in SciFi Dimensions
Review in SFFAudio

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