# Peter MacDonald — Short Fiction character guide

> Peter MacDonald in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** MacDonald, The corpulent Peter MacDonald

**First appearance:** 0075-xviii

## Who they are

A corpulent character with a role in the story.

## In the story

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

One of the operatives who moved against Mayer's rubber interests; faces being broken and sent back to the Pedagogue.

### [The Fortieth Year Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x)

Now corpulent, attends his first decade-end conference, reveals Amschel Mayer's imprisonment, and tries to silence Kennedy.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi)

Genoese delegate who defends the free-competitive economy and mutters criticisms of Texcocan methods.

### [Chapter XII: The Reckoning at Rigel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii)

Genoese team member who proposes extending Earth's control and exploiting Rigel's dynamism, only to be overruled.

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