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|main character  = [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]
|main character  = [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]
|featuring      = [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boo]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Hass]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]]
|featuring      = [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boo]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Hass]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]]
|enemy          =
|enemy          =  
|setting        = The [[Braxiatel Collection]]
|setting        = The [[Braxiatel Collection]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
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|writer          = David N. Smith
|writer          = David N. Smith
|anthology      = Collected Works (anthology){{!}}Collected Works
|anthology      = Collected Works (anthology){{!}}Collected Works
|genre          =
|genre          =  
|format          = Short story
|format          = Short story
|release date    = September 2006
|release date    = September 2006
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=== Objects ===
=== Objects ===
* The [[Fifth Axis]] banned [[The Tears of Laughter (book)|The Tears of Laughter book]].
* The [[Fifth Axis]] banned [[The Tears of Laughter (book)|The Tears of Laughter]].
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] got through the [[Braxiatel Collection]] security with a fake [[Plasti-Disc]].
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] got through the [[Braxiatel Collection]] security with a fake [[Plasti-Disc]].
* The [[Irving Braxiatel statue|statue]] of [[Irving Braxiatel]] in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]]'s creations.


=== Organisations ===
=== Organisations ===
* [[Primeiros]] was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]'s name cropped up on a Primeiros account suspected of laundering cash through the art world.
* [[Primeiros]] was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]]'s name cropped up on a Primeiros account suspected of laundering cash through the art world.
* [[Galactopol]] was a space police force.
* [[Galactopol]] was a space police force.
* Anton worked for the [[Fifth Axis]] plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.
* Anton previously worked for the [[Fifth Axis]] plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.
 
* Anton is expected to serve time on one of Galactopol's lunar penal colonies.
=== Locations ===
* Bev reads the latest reports from the [[Mimsphere]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The [[Braxiatel Collection]] is also known as [[KS-159]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (short story)}})
* The [[Braxiatel Collection]] is also known as [[KS-159]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Theatre of War (novel)}})
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] and [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] are ex-lovers. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Judas Gift (audio story)}})
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] and [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]] are ex-lovers. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Judas Gift (audio story)}})
* Bev claims that she "happened" to the [[Fifth Axis]] . Anton notices her scar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Misplaced Spring (short story)}})
* Bev claims that she "happened" to the [[Fifth Axis]]. Anton notices her scar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Misplaced Spring (short story)}})


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The Tears of Laughter was a 2006 Bernice Summerfield short story written by David N Smith and released in the anthology Collected Works.

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Anton tracks down his former lover Bev Tarrant, now the director of the Braxiatel Collection, to sell her a book previously banned by the Fifth Axis... The Tears of Laughter.

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  • Primeiros was a group of "feuding gangs and wannabe warlords". Anton's name cropped up on a Primeiros account suspected of laundering cash through the art world.
  • Galactopol was a space police force.
  • Anton previously worked for the Fifth Axis plundering artwork from the worlds they invaded.
  • Anton is expected to serve time on one of Galactopol's lunar penal colonies.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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