# The Martian — Short Fiction character guide

> The Martian in Short Fiction by Algis Budrys.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the English-speaking Martian

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

## Who they are

A Martian character with a small role.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_2_se/chapters/v)

The English-speaking Martian engineer explains the entertainment device to Sollenar, detailing how it creates predisposed situations in the auditor's mind, and provides the projector.

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