Short Fiction · Character

Mr. Sollenar

A powerful broadcaster who once voted the Special Public Relations Office into being, now uneasily receiving its agent in his mirrored office above the city.

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Also known as Sollenar

First appearance: riya s foundling

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Paces his office in despair, attends the TTV Executives' Ball, confronts Burr, and is served a formal notice by Ermine.

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Sollenar commands a corporation that has just come into control of patents for a new video system, and he conducts business with theatrical gestures, dimming lights and opening doors with a crooked finger. He is guarded, watchful, a man who helped arm an enforcement body he now half-fears, and his involuntary blink at Ermine's talk of criminals betrays the unease beneath his magnificent smile. His wariness sets the story's central negotiation in motion.

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Minor Martian characters
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Mr. Ermine
professional · ambivalent
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Cortwright Burr
professional · ambivalent
Mr. Ermine
professional · ambivalent
They appear to be colleagues or business associates with frequent, possibly adversarial,… How this plays out →
Mr. Ermine
professional · ambivalent
They appear to be colleagues or business associates with frequent, possibly adversarial,… How this plays out →
Cortwright Burr
professional · ambivalent
Cortwright Burr
professional · ambivalent

Mr. Ermine
They appear to be colleagues or business associates with frequent, possibly adversarial, interactions.
Cortwright Burr
Cortwright Burr and Mr. Sollenar share a working relationship, possibly as employer and employee or partners.
Mr. Ermine
They appear to be colleagues or business associates with frequent, possibly adversarial, interactions.
Mr. Ermine
They appear to be colleagues or business associates with frequent, possibly adversarial, interactions.
Cortwright Burr
Cortwright Burr and Mr. Sollenar share a working relationship, possibly as employer and employee or partners.
Cortwright Burr
Cortwright Burr and Mr. Sollenar share a working relationship, possibly as employer and employee or partners.

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III
Paces his office in despair, attends the TTV Executives' Ball, confronts Burr, and is served a formal notice by Ermine.
IV
Attacks Ermine and flees to the Martian city; his mental state is deteriorating, showing paranoia and inappropriate responses.
V
Sollenar visits the Martians to acquire a device similar to the one Burr obtained, offering currency and ultimately receiving a projector set to a specific situation before being shot by Ermine.

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