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Sweet Salvage Rivets!

libretto by Mark M. Keller and Sue Anderson

Dramatic reading, Boskone 35, 14 February 1998, Sheraton Tara, Framingham.

Early in the 21st century a combination of the splintering of fandom and the obsessive academic interest in SF was a disaster to trufans. Finally, a worldwide economic collapse allowed fans to buy the extant space stations and moveā€”the European station at L-5 was purchaed by NESFA (Secret Masters of Orbital Fandom, or SMOOFS) to allow unbridling indexing of SF; the American station at L-4 was purchased by the Starship Troopers Memorial Mercenary Legion (Jerry’s Kids, the Jerry here being Pournelle), and the Mir in near-Earth orbit by the Mpls in ’73 bidding committee to brew bheer in microgravity. Decades later, the results are still being felt.

Dramatis Personae
Many roles played by the same person
Mark M. Keller
Sue Anderson
SMOF/SMOOF Tony Lewis
Narrator
Academic 1
Academic 2
Academic 3
Fan
Trekkie
Drake Fan
Used Station Dealer, Europe
Used Station Dealer, USA
Used Station Dealer, Russia
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B
C
Guard
Pat
Chris
Announcer
Commentator
Mulligan
Legionnaire
Trufan