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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 | ||
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|format = Short story | |format = Short story | ||
|release date = September 2006 | |release date = September 2006 | ||
Latest revision as of 20:26, 3 November 2024
The Tears of Laughter was a 2006 Bernice Summerfield short story written by David N Smith and released in the anthology Collected Works.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
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.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Anton believes one of the Braxiatel Collection's students to have tentacles.
- Boudicca is a Killoran.
- Anton is familiar with the Yesodi.
Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fifth Axis banned The Tears of Laughter.
- Anton got through the Braxiatel Collection security with a fake Plasti-Disc.
- The statue of Irving Braxiatel in the arrivals terminal of the Braxiatel Collection was one of Boudicca's creations.
Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 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]]
- The Braxiatel Collection is also known as KS-159. (PROSE: Theatre of War [+]Loading...["Theatre of War (novel)"])
- Anton and Bev are ex-lovers. (AUDIO: The Judas Gift [+]Loading...["The Judas Gift (audio story)"])
- Bev claims that she "happened" to the Fifth Axis. Anton notices her scar. (PROSE: Misplaced Spring [+]Loading...["Misplaced Spring (short story)"])
