"...slight crack in reactor shielding. Deceased estate - must sell!"

"Small glowing areas, they will buff out."

What does "slightly used" matter when it's the fast rocket to someplace without an extradition treaty?
Keep on keeping on, Saara!

That looks like a very trustworthy dealership.

Did you keep the short story anywhere?

No. In fact, I'm not even sure I even started ... it may have but been an *idea* to write a story.

Hehe. So many of those!

It does come with functioning life support, right?

Which part of 'no extras included' did you not understand?

Pardon me for asking, or making a comment.

Pardon me for joking.

Well, trying to at least.

"brezhnev" & "nixon" with their spaceships parked outside,
one arguing some state socialism thing and the other going "shut up and take my money"...
with today screen-and-keyboard computer (and a handy device for navigating) imagined in 1972...

AAA Ace Interplanetary Decontamination Service
has something to do with this (at least in inspiration) ?

Holy crap, I think that's who they really are!

if you haven't done yet i suggest reading some classic robert sheckley work,
he was another visionary well ahead of his time..

I love it, especially the 'taur in the BG getting a lil' huggy.

I wonder if the sign outside says Stan's Previously Owned Vessels. x3

To add insult to injury, most of the vessels could be "Made in China".

Not in 1972. They still made things in America then.

Do you have one that can do the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs? :)

Sorry, we measure in lightyears instead of old-fashioned parsecs.

I think I understood the story anyway.

I love every detail - the modern computerized office as imagined in 1972 (not too far off the mark I'd say) - the 'taur in the BG awkwardly with the poor human (egad, just how far back does this furry stuff go?) - and I also see the chair backs are split to accomodate any tail imaginable.

[ Edit ] [ Hide Comment ] #link Posted: Nov 10, 2020 07:01 AM

There has always been an undercurrent of "furriness" to science fiction, with aliens that are sometimes insectoid, reptilic or, yet, furry. And then there have been "talking animals" of every sort, from Disney to Aesop. But I do like to think of myself as a pioneer of the two melding together in my art, starting in the late 1960s, when it didn't seem to be a "thing" yet.