# Samuel Soligen — Short Fiction character guide

> Samuel Soligen in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sam Soligen, Sam, young Sam Soligen

**First appearance:** 0056-the-common-man

## Who they are

A member of the Soligen family, often in military contexts.

## In the story

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

Sam Soligen, Freddy's 16-year-old son, is a High-Lower studying Comparative Religion at the Temple school, initially skeptical of his father's ambitions for him.

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

Sam Soligen, Freddy's son, briefly meets Joe Mauser and shows familiarity with fracas culture.

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

Freddy's son, a novitiate in Category Religion, debates with Joe Mauser about the morality of military and religious categories.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xii)

Freddy's son, now a Rank Private in Category Military, having switched from the priesthood to become an infantryman.

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