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{{Infobox Story | |range = Collected Works (anthology) | ||
| | |number in range = #2 | ||
| | |main character = [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] | ||
| | |featuring = [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boo]], [[Bev Tarrant|Bev]], [[Hass]], [[Adrian Wall|Adrian]] | ||
| | |enemy = | ||
| | |setting = The [[Braxiatel Collection]] | ||
| | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|prev = Work in Progress (short story) | |editor = [[Nick Wallace]] | ||
|next = Perspectives: Tribal Reservations (short story) | |writer = David N. Smith | ||
}} | |anthology = Collected Works (anthology){{!}}Collected Works | ||
|genre = | |||
|format = Short story | |||
|release date = September 2006 | |||
|series = ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]'' | |||
|prev = Work in Progress (short story) | |||
|next = Perspectives: Tribal Reservations (short story) | |||
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'''''The Tears of Laughter''''' was a [[2006 (releases)|2006]] ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short story written by [[David N Smith]] and released in the anthology ''[[Collected Works (anthology)|Collected Works]]''. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
[[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|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 (book)|The Tears of Laughter]]. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[ | * [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] | ||
* [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]] | |||
* [[Bev Tarrant]] | * [[Bev Tarrant]] | ||
* [[Hass]] | |||
* [[Adrian Wall]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | === Species === | ||
* [[Anton (The Tears of Laughter)|Anton]] believes one of the [[Braxiatel Collection]]'s students to have [[tentacle]]s. | |||
* [[Boudicca (The Tears of Laughter)|Boudicca]] is a [[Killoran]]. | |||
* Anton is familiar with the [[Yesodi]]. | |||
=== Objects === | |||
* 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]]. | |||
* 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 === | |||
* [[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. | |||
* 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 == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* 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)}}) | ||
* Bev claims that she "happened" to the [[Fifth Axis]]. Anton notices her scar. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Misplaced Spring (short story)}}) | |||
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[[Category:Bernice Summerfield short stories]] | [[Category:Bernice Summerfield sources]] | ||
[[Category:Collected Works short stories]] | |||
[[Category:Stories set in the 27th century]] | [[Category:Stories set in the 27th century]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Short stories set on the Braxiatel Collection]] | ||
