Short Fiction · Character
Dan Coye
A free robot scraping by on odd jobs and tenth-credit oil capsules, Dan Coye measures freedom in rust, repair bills, and the next shift at the employment exchange.
supporting
Also known as Dan
First appearance: an artist s life
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Dan Coye is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Lands the spacecraft and is captured by German forces.
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Dan Coye moves through a city where robots have legal equality but little else, trading stories with friends like Jon Venex and the rust-coated Dik Dryer about sold contracts, fractured knee bearings, and the old days…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Military and historical figures
- Diverse named and unnamed characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs when the narrator and Chief Craig pry open the coffin-like box and first see Ned, th…
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- Gino Lombardi
professional · ambivalent
Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional… How this plays out →
- Professor Einstein
friendship · positive
- Gino Lombardi
professional · ambivalent
Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional… How this plays out →
- Professor Einstein
friendship · positive
- Gino Lombardi
professional · ambivalent
Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional… How this plays out →
- Professor Einstein
friendship · positive
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