# Max Mainz — Short Fiction character guide

> Max Mainz in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rank Private Max Mainz, Mainz

**First appearance:** 0012-unborn-tomorrow

## Who they are

A private in the military, often seen in combat scenarios.

## Relationships

### [Joseph Mauser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/characters/joseph_mauser)

_professional_

Joseph and Max have a professional relationship, likely as colleagues or collaborators in a shared project or organization.

### [Joseph Mauser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/characters/joseph_mauser)

_professional_

Joseph and Max have a professional relationship, likely as colleagues or collaborators in a shared project or organization.

### [Joseph Mauser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/characters/joseph_mauser)

_professional_

Joseph and Max have a professional relationship, likely as colleagues or collaborators in a shared project or organization.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii)

Small man recruited by Joe Mauser to be his batman; first fracas.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iii)

Joe's new orderly, born into the Lower caste, who discusses his motivations for joining Baron Haer's forces and his desire for caste promotion and stock shares.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/iv)

Max Mainz is Joe's batman, initially reluctant to change out of his kilts. He accompanies Joe to the airport and engages in a discussion about People's Capitalism.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vi)

Bursts into Joe's room to remind him it's election day and suggests going out.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii)

Rank Private Max Mainz, a Lower, revels in the Election Day carnival and experiences Upper-class amenities for the first time, though he feels out of place among the officers.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix)

Accompanies Joe as observer in the glider, nervous but follows orders.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Joe's batman; contacts Joe to relay Marshal Cogswell's summons.

### [The Glider Gambit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x)

Private Mainz assists with loading the glider and is huffy about Soligen replacing him as observer.

### [Chapter XV: The Proletarian Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xv)

Max is present as Joe's friend and assistant, drawing class-based reactions from the Sov officers.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xvi)

Joe's servant who quickly acclimates to Budapest, learns a basic Hungarian jargon, and becomes socially aggressive, helping Joe make a breakthrough in his assignment.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xvii)

Max suggests the cabaret, argues with Joe about the West, and leads the escape.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xix)

Max Mainz serves as Joe's batman, escorting Colonel Kossuth and expressing his dislike for Sov officers.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xxi)

Attends to Mauser and announces Kossuth's arrival.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xxii)

Travels back with Joe and Nadine, muses on the similarities between West and Sov-worlds and suggests international fracases.

## Links

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