Short Fiction · Character
Seymour Pond
A pilot and friend in the narrative.
minor
Also known as Pilot Seymour Pond, friend Seymour Pond, Pond
First appearance: xi
Seymour Pond shows up with force in The Gold Watch. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Retired space pilot, content with his minimal Basic shares and a mini-auto-apartment, rejects appeals to return to space.
Seymour Pond first appears in 0068 xi.
In The Gold Watch: Retired space pilot, content with his minimal Basic shares and a mini-auto-apartment, rejects appeals to return to space.
Later, in The Trap is Sprung: Retired space pilot enjoying a spending spree in Manhattan, unaware he is being manipulated.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Pilot and academic friends
- Narrative presences
- Central military-political figures
- Diverse supporting cast
- Conflicts and authority figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Seymour Pond in xi