# Hugh Nixon — Short Fiction character guide

> Hugh Nixon in Short Fiction by Clifford D. Simak.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hugh

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

## Who they are

A character who appears in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Scott Nixon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/scott_nixon)

_family_

Hugh Nixon and Scott Nixon share a surname and frequent interactions, indicating a familial bond, likely father-son or brothers.

### [Scott Nixon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/scott_nixon)

_family_

Hugh Nixon and Scott Nixon share a surname and frequent interactions, indicating a familial bond, likely father-son or brothers.

### [Scott Nixon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/characters/scott_nixon)

_family_

Hugh Nixon and Scott Nixon share a surname and frequent interactions, indicating a familial bond, likely father-son or brothers.

## In the story

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

Scott's brother, who died on a previous Mars mission.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iii)

Has been stranded on Mars for ten months, gathering food and trying to find the Martians without success.

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

Hugh struggles to accept Scott's theory but eventually agrees on the dire need to send a warning to Earth.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/v)

Assists in inserting the message into the rocket's container; dies from the rocket's backlash.

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