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|image= The Joy Device.jpg | |image = The Joy Device.jpg | ||
|series= [[Virgin | |series = [[Virgin New Adventures]] | ||
|range = Virgin New Adventures | |range = Virgin New Adventures | ||
|number in range = 83 | |number in range = 83 | ||
|number= 22 | |number = 22 | ||
|main character= [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = Irving Braxiatel | ||
|featuring2= Jason Kane | |featuring2 = Jason Kane | ||
| | |featruing3 = Chris Cwej | ||
|enemy= | |featuring4 = Clarence | ||
|setting= | |enemy = | ||
|writer= [[Justin Richards]] | |setting = [[KS-159]] and [[Virabilis]], [[2596]] | ||
|cover= [[Fred Gambino]] | |writer = [[Justin Richards]] | ||
|publisher= Virgin Books | |cover = [[Fred Gambino]] | ||
|release date= [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | |publisher = Virgin Books | ||
|format= Paperback Book, 248 Pages | |release date = [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]] | ||
|isbn= ISBN 0-426-20535-9 | |format = Paperback Book, 248 Pages | ||
|prev= Return to the Fractured Planet (novel) | |isbn = ISBN 0-426-20535-9 | ||
|next= Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel) | |prev = Return to the Fractured Planet (novel) | ||
|next = Twilight of the Gods (BNA novel) | |||
}}{{prose stub}} | }}{{prose stub}} | ||
''''' | '''''The Joy Device''''' was the eighty-third [[Virgin New Adventures]] novel. It was written by [[Justin Richards]]. Published in [[October (releases)|October]] [[1999 (releases)|1999]], it was the penultimate Virgin-published [[Bernice Summerfield]] novel. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
''"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes... it's worse than Samuel Beckett."'' | ''"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes... it's worse than Samuel Beckett."'' | ||
Benny has had enough. Enough of the angst and the heartache. Enough of [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and the others. She needs a holiday, and so she's heading to the Eastern Rim, a part of the galaxy where there is still a frontier, and adventure to be had. She's packed her trowel. She's off. | [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] has had enough. Enough of the angst and the heartache. Enough of [[Jason Kane|Jason]] and the others. She needs a holiday, and so she's heading to the [[Eastern Rim]], a part of the galaxy where there is still a frontier, and adventure to be had. She's packed her [[trowel]]. She's off. | ||
Her friends are concerned. Drug barons, war lords, criminal cartels and outlaws have fled to the Rim from authority and order. There's a distinct risk of getting into trouble, not to mention life-threatening peril. It's not so much that Benny might come to harm; she might find she likes it out there. | Her friends are concerned. Drug barons, war lords, criminal cartels and outlaws have fled to the Rim from authority and order. There's a distinct risk of getting into trouble, not to mention life-threatening peril. It's not so much that Benny might come to harm; she might find she likes it out there. | ||
But Benny finds the Eastern Rim almost suspiciously ordinary: no violence, no action, no excitement. So when she is asked by a shady curio dealer to help him find Dorpfeld's Prism, it seems just another cursed relic to recover before retiring to the bar. In a place this dull, nothing dangerous can possibly happen. Can it? | But Benny finds the Eastern Rim almost suspiciously ordinary: no violence, no action, no excitement. So when she is asked by a shady curio dealer to help him find [[Dorpfeld's Prism]], it seems just another cursed relic to recover before retiring to the bar. In a place this dull, nothing dangerous can possibly happen. Can it? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] has lost some of her [[memory|memories]] but chooses to read [[explorer]] [[Dent Harper]]'s [[book]]s instead of [[Bernice Summerfield's diaries|her diaries]], not wanting to know the full extent of what she has lost. At [[dinner]], she tells [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]], [[Jason Kane|Jason]], [[Chris Cwej|Cwej]] and [[Clarence]] that she intends on leaving the [[Braxiatel Collection]] on her own to rediscover herself in the [[Eastern Rim]]. Braxiatel is the only one not to protest, but privately he shares with the other men that he too is concerned that she will not come back. | ||
In truth, Benny has no intention of leaving and asked [[Domistos Tours]] to arrange for Dent Harper to act as her [[tour guide]], a request which she expected them to refuse and which she could use as an excuse to stay on the Collection. However, the request is granted and she meets with him on [[Virabilis]], which she finds surprisingly peaceful and free of [[crime]] until her [[wallet]] is stolen, but the thief soon returns it with his [[apology|apologies]]. She wonders if Harper's books exaggerated the danger of Virabilis, but he too is surprised by how polite everybody is. | |||
''to be completed'' | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Dent Harper]] has written many best sellers including ''[[Adventures on the Frontier]]'' and ''[[Adventures on the Rim]]''. | |||
* [[Dent Harper]] has written many best sellers including ''[[Adventures on the Rim]]''. | |||
* The building work for the [[Braxiatel Collection]] continues on [[KS-159]]. | * The building work for the [[Braxiatel Collection]] continues on [[KS-159]]. | ||
* Benny books a flight from [[Cyrano Major]] with [[Domistos Tours]] on [[Telestris]]. | |||
* Harper's [[hair]] is personally styled by [[Vital Zazoom]]. | |||
* Harper's exploring [[clothes]] are sponsored by a [[Prestige League]] [[sokka]] team. | |||
* [[Prevoria]] is next to [[Virabilis]] and connected by the [[Star Ferry]]. | |||
* Benny compares Harper to [[Kirk Douglas]]. | |||
* The [[Xcelsior]] has an [[Authentic Anglish Pub]]. | |||
* Harper did not go to [[Squeezer Hedges]]' sister's [[wedding]] because of a misunderstanding. | |||
* [[Maguyre|Mrs Maguyre]] was one of the most powerful Cartel leaders on Virabilis. She was shot by an Enforcement Agent during a raid on her [[villa]]. | |||
* Harper once stayed at a [[Vacation Inn]] on [[Spectralux]] with [[cartographer]] [[Matrik Ungeles]] after visiting the [[Uncharted Isles]]. | |||
* [[Dorpfeld's Prism]] affects the wearer giving them an overly pleasant sense of perspective and reality. | * [[Dorpfeld's Prism]] affects the wearer giving them an overly pleasant sense of perspective and reality. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to | * Benny has lost some of her memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Return to the Fractured Planet (novel)|Return to the Fractured Planet]]'') | ||
* Braxiatel mentions that, in [[God (The Also People)|God]]'s simulations, Jason is the only one who can convince Benny to do or not do something. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tears of the Oracle (novel)|Tears of the Oracle]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
