# Short Fiction — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Short Fiction by Harry Harrison.

- [An Artist’s Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/an-artist-s-life.md): Brent Dalgreen, a famous painter, returns to Earth after a year on the Moon, where he contracted radiation sickness. He visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he discovers a painting by Arthur Di Costa that possess
- [Navy Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/navy-day.md): General Wingrove addresses Congress, requesting the abolition of the Navy, and demonstrates the Army's Dornifier technology that allows vehicles to travel on water. The Navy, led by Admiral Fitzjames, counterattacks by r
- [The Velvet Glove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/the-velvet-glove.md): Jon Venex, a free robot, repairs his own knee in his hotel room, enduring the nightly curfew. He meets an old friend, Alec Diger, and sees a job listing in his specialty. On his way to apply, he accidentally collides wit
- [The Repairman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/the-repairman.md): The Repairman is summoned by his employer, the Old Man, and assigned to repair an ancient Mark III hyperspace beacon on a Proxima Centauri planet. Despite attempting to quit, he is bound by an unbreakable contract and a 
- [Arm of the Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/arm-of-the-law.md): Ned, a police robot, arrives in Nineport and is assigned to the local police force. He quickly causes trouble by arresting China Joe's men, including Alex the Axe, leading to a confrontation with China Joe's gang. The ro

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- [The K-Factor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/the-k-factor.md)
- [Toy Shop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/toy-shop.md)
- [Down to Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/down-to-earth.md)

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