# Mort Weidmann — Short Fiction character guide

> Mort Weidmann in Short Fiction by Algis Budrys.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mort, Weidmann

**First appearance:** 0000-riya-s-foundling

## Who they are

Ash Holcomb's old drinking companion, the grinning Weidmann who could spot a woman's figure without obvious signs, and who cleared Pat for a mission he thought they shared.

## Relationships

### [Dave Greaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/characters/dave_greaves)

_rivalry_

Dave Greaves and Mort Weidmann are enemies, locked in a bitter conflict.

### [Dave Greaves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/characters/dave_greaves)

_rivalry_

Dave Greaves and Mort Weidmann are enemies, locked in a bitter conflict.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/ii)

Old war friend of Ash and Thorsten; now a Transolar Express captain who hires Ash for a Titan mission.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/iv)

Ash's friend and superior who orchestrated the cover story; gives Ash a secret letter about the hyperspace drive.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned by Ash as a contrast to Thorsten; Mort lost an arm in the war but is not bitter.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as someone who may pursue farther stars, contrasting with the narrator's renunciation.

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