In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Keywords: 1950s , alien , ambiguous , asteroid , astronomy , audacious , convention , death-of-wife , desert-town , diner , existentialism , family , grandfather , grief , meta , parent-in-law-child-in-law-relationship , quarantine , science-fiction , skeptical , space , stage-play , stargazing , story-within-the-story , vending-machine , war-photographer , widower , wry