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Full Earth Tonight
by Laura Resnick
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Copyright (c)1995 by Laura Resnick
First published in VB Tech Magazine, October 1995

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TO: ELLEN PAHUTSKI
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
FROM: F. SCOTT NISHIDA
INTERPLANETARY TRAFFIC
DATE: 19 MARCH 2994
THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS DEPARTMENT REPORTS THEY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED
REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF PROMOTION TO
EXTRATERRESTRIAL SERVICES DIVISION.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SOONEST. IN TRIPLICATE.
INTERPLANETARY TRAFFIC CANNOT SCHEDULE YOUR RE-LOCATION TO MOONBASE XVII UNTIL
CROSS-REFERENCED DEPARTMENTS HAVE NOTIFIED SAME OF YOUR ABSENCE.
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MOONBASE XVII
7 MAY 2994
Dear Mom and Dad,
There's a full Earth in the sky tonight. It looks sort of gray from
here. And it makes me homesick.
I've tried satelliting you, but Solarcom says that Planetcom has
discontinued your interorbital options due to non-payment. Has Dad's
auto-debit calendar malfunctioned again?
I'm adjusting comfortably to life on the moon, although the
construction of Moonbase XVII-A has caused a certain amount of inconvenience
here. The construction team somehow managed to disrupt the waste recycling
system, so we've been rationing water. My colleagues assure me I'll eventually
get used to dry-showers (yes, Mom, there really is such a thing!). Most people
up here seldom bother to wash with water anymore. Frankly, I don't think I
_want_ to get used to that.
As you can imagine, I miss Roger very much. I guess I hadn't fully