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Affairs of the Floating Island

Tom Ball

    Dan S. was known for being an investment genius in his own right but also managed other people’s Credits. He was in the top ten list of the Universe’s richest people. People said he had the Midas Touch. And he bought a floating island called “Treasure Island,” which moved at 30 mph and mostly sailed along World coastlines and crossing the Atlantic via Ireland, Iceland and Greenland. The island was 25 sq. miles but was mostly skyscrapers. Denizens of the island city featured many who were mostly very rich, though many more were servants. Those on the island had accurate 10-day weather forecasts so they could avoid all dangerous storms and bad weather in general. The island was popular with jet setters who liked to hobnob with other rich people and bask in the sun.
    When the island docked in a port, there was always a big party, and the island government would take applications for new residences or subletting. At any one time the population of Dan’s Island, Treasure Island, was about 2 million. Massive nuclear engines propelled the island.
    But to join the island community you had to at least be a multi-billionaire or a clever servant. And it was true that the rich here were kind of snobbish. However, they welcomed celebrities of all kinds, and this included famous dreamers. And they made some movies based on the island. One movie was about the culture of the island and how they liked mass dreaming while sleeping at night. Everyone was stimulated to play a certain role. And unlike many places where people took anti-sleep drugs, the people here slept five hours a night for their sanity. The group dreams were copyrighted and sold for fortunes. And many on the island wrote Utopias. Like a settlement on Europa, Jupiter’s Moon where the ocean was melted, and floating islands formed cities and there were also domed settlements at the ocean bottom. And there were plenty of new sea creatures designed by biologists. And another Utopia about the interesting characters came to live on the island. Like Fred N., who said, the plants on the island should all be pink and sentient. Or Therese B. who programmed organic treehouses to quickly grow to 500' in height, full of ‘rooms’.” These organic buildings were patented and only found here on Treasure Island. And another Utopia was a chance to love the World’s greatest lover who mostly lived on the island. Many people were willing to pay a billion dollars for a night with her. Many people thought she was the most attractive woman alive, and she had massive breasts and was full of passion and extremely intelligent as well. She had a number of degrees including a science degree, and a love degree. She was the one who instituted the World’s first love degree. And she invested the money she earned from sex to set up love universities. Soon everyone wanted a love degree.
    And the island was a tax haven, and the banks and financial institutions were extremely profitable. And finally, they started to build more floating islands. Like science island, and air car nexus island for neo hippies and a tropical island that followed the heat of the sun.

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