A World Between
“The rude extruded concrete walls and ceiling meet at crazy angles; the rough-hewn furniture looks as if it has been nailed together by an astigmatic; grimy ancient Terran farm tools are scattered at random, creating an unreal cartoony effect—a Pacifican hayseed reality that never was. Mother, in a red-and-white gingham dress, sits in a rocker watching a gross pom opera on the net console—an orgy sequence involving a Terran goat, a baby godzilla, and several humans of assorted sexes. Father, wea...ring muck-smeared denim overalls, feeds a baby pig with a bottle. Son sits in the comer working on a model sailboat and sneaking looks at the screen. Daughter makes a grand entrance from the left, dressed in an exaggeration of a then-current Gothamite mode—skin-tight silver shorts and a monohalter exposing one breast, which has been painted around the nipple to resemble a flower.Daughter (world-weary): “Be it ever so humble, there’s no home like this!”Father: “So you finally got tired of playing a pom opera queen in Gotham, Lu-Anne?”Daughter (brushing hay off a chair and sitting down gingerly): “How many times must I tell you that I’m working in government, Daddy?”Father: “Same damn thing, ain’t it?MoreLess
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