# Walter J. Darling — Short Fiction character guide

> Walter J. Darling in Short Fiction by Clifford D. Simak.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Darling

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

## Who they are

A character named Walter J. Darling.

## In the story

### [I: The Pyramid of Bottles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/i-the-pyramid-of-bottles)

Former great biologist, now a drunken wreck living on Pluto's moon; dies after giving cryptic messages about Louis Nevin and a painting.

### [III: The Painting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iii-the-painting)

The exiled scientist who took a bottle of whisky and died, possibly hiding his hormone formula.

### [IV: The Last Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_10_se/chapters/iv-the-last-man)

Hunted for the hormones and drank himself to death trying to find them.

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