# Dan Coye — Short Fiction character guide

> Dan Coye in Short Fiction by Harry Harrison.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dan

**First appearance:** 0000-an-artist-s-life

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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 of being owned machinery. He is blunt, loud, and unsentimental about his own decline, yet generous with the small comforts of companionship. His weariness gives the story its ground-level view of what the Robot Equality Act actually delivered.

## Relationships

### [Gino Lombardi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/gino_lombardi)

_professional_

Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional rapport.

### [Professor Einstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/professor_einstein)

_friendship_

Dan consults Professor Einstein as a mentor and intellectual ally in solving complex cases.

### [Gino Lombardi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/gino_lombardi)

_professional_

Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional rapport.

### [Professor Einstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/professor_einstein)

_friendship_

Dan consults Professor Einstein as a mentor and intellectual ally in solving complex cases.

### [Gino Lombardi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/gino_lombardi)

_professional_

Dan is a detective who regularly interrogates Gino, maintaining a wary professional rapport.

### [Professor Einstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/professor_einstein)

_friendship_

Dan consults Professor Einstein as a mentor and intellectual ally in solving complex cases.

## In the story

### [Down to Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/down-to-earth)

Lands the spacecraft and is captured by German forces. He is defiant during interrogation and later meets with Einstein to understand their situation.

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