# Buster — Short Fiction character guide

> Buster in Short Fiction by Clifford D. Simak.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Buster

**First appearance:** 0000-hellhounds-of-the-cosmos

## Who they are

An older character named Buster.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/ii)

The lonely old mastodon that hangs around the camp, causing unease.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iv)

The mastodon; attacked by a saber-tooth, charges through camp, destroys the helicopter, and is killed.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as having hit the helicopter, possibly damaging the time unit.

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