# Mr. Morrison — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Morrison in Short Fiction by Robert Sheckley.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Morrison

**First appearance:** 0000-final-examination

## Snapshot

A sunburned young prospector twenty-one days into the Scorpion Desert, chasing a goldenstone strike before his supplies — and his luck — run out.

## Who they are

Morrison came to Venus with twenty thousand dollars and a plan: one rich strike, then marriage to Janie and an ocean farm back on Earth. Eighteen hundred miles into the waterless waste, he's learned that the desert can kill, and he naps in half-hour increments while daydreaming about mackerel herds and his trusty dolphin. When his sandcar tips over a collapsing dune, the gap between his careful ambitions and the desert's indifference becomes the story's engine.

## Relationships

### [Max Krandall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/max_krandall)

_professional_

Max Krandall is Mr. Morrison's subordinate, often strained by Morrison's demanding nature.

### [Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/williams)

_professional_

Mr. Morrison and Williams are colleagues in a tense office environment.

### [Eddie McDermott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/eddie_mcdermott)

_professional_

Eddie McDermott works as Mr. Morrison's driver, enduring his patronizing attitude.

### [Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/williams)

_professional_

Mr. Morrison and Williams are colleagues in a tense office environment.

### [Max Krandall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/max_krandall)

_professional_

Max Krandall is Mr. Morrison's subordinate, often strained by Morrison's demanding nature.

### [Eddie McDermott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/eddie_mcdermott)

_professional_

Eddie McDermott works as Mr. Morrison's driver, enduring his patronizing attitude.

### [Max Krandall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/max_krandall)

_professional_

Max Krandall is Mr. Morrison's subordinate, often strained by Morrison's demanding nature.

### [Eddie McDermott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/eddie_mcdermott)

_professional_

Eddie McDermott works as Mr. Morrison's driver, enduring his patronizing attitude.

### [Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_48_se/characters/williams)

_professional_

Mr. Morrison and Williams are colleagues in a tense office environment.

## Links

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