We Open on Venus

by Christopher Stasheff

Series: Starship Troupers (2)

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The Star Company, a renegade theatre troupe, was run off of Earth, so they set their sites on New Venus. The name sounded good, but life on the planet was thoroughly regulated by Amalgamated Petroleum--where even the air and water came at a high cost. Enter the Star Company, with its incendiary mix of veteran troupers, innocent ingenues, and volatile prima donnas. When Amalgamated approved a production of MACBETH, little did anybody imagine how much trouble those three witches would stir up!… (more)

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We Open on Venus

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We Open on Venus

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1994-02

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I was out of my acceleration couch and into the "down" lift before the first strangled moan finished coming out of the intercom.

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The Star Company, a renegade theatre troupe, was run off of Earth, so they set their sites on New Venus. The name sounded good, but life on the planet was thoroughly regulated by Amalgamated Petroleum--where even the air and water came at a high cost. Enter the Star Company, with its incendiary mix of veteran troupers, innocent ingenues, and volatile prima donnas. When Amalgamated approved a production of MACBETH, little did anybody imagine how much trouble those three witches would stir up!

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TOIL AND TROUBLE

The Star Company launched its new venture in classic theatrical style: they got run out of town - on a rocket! But with the reactionary LORDS party left safely behind on Earth, the traveling troupe set its sights on taking Shakespeare to the stars ...

Destination: New Venus.
The name hinted at exotic delights - but life on New Venus was thoroughly regimented by Amalgamated Petroleum, a Terran-based oil cartel. And though the planet was awash in petrochemicals form the Bay of Benzene to the Gulf of Oil, none of life's little pleasures - air, water, - come cheap in this company town.

Enter the Star Company, with its incendiary mix of veteran troupers, innocent ingenues, and volatile prima donnas. when Amalgamated approved a production of MacBeth - to be staged in the high school gymnasium - the actors bravely took to the boards in the name of the Bard. Little did anybody imagine how much trouble those three witches would stir up!

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A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN

"Beacon ahead," Merlo noted. "Read it."
I looked up at the screen and punched for higher magnification. The printed words on the sign grew larger, until I could read:

No Smoking!

I stared. "What in the name ...?"
Just then, a klaxon blared form the speaker: When it stopped, a stern voice grated,
"Welcome to New Venus. For your protection, absolutely no smoking is permitted. Smoking is permitted. Smoking is a capital crime, punishable by death."
"They're serious!" I turned to Merlo. "What's the matter - was New Venus colonized by health nuts?"
"No," Merlo answered. "A petroleum company. And with ninety percent of the planet covered with petroleum derivatives," Merlo nodded to the red letters on the screen, "the only thing they're afraid of is a lighted match."

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