# Gino Lombardi — Short Fiction character guide

> Gino Lombardi in Short Fiction by Harry Harrison.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Major Gino Lombardi, Major Lombardi

**First appearance:** 0001-navy-day

## Snapshot

A major and pilot who shares a cramped lunar capsule with a grieving comrade, only to watch the lights of America go dark beneath them.

## Who they are

Major Gino Lombardi flies alongside Dan Coye, whose dead friend Eddie Glazer haunts the mission's quieter moments. When they swing back around the moon and find Canaveral silent and the entire North American continent blacked out, Gino's grim professionalism keeps him steady while Dan's voice strains. His decision to return to Earth without ground control's help sets the story on its irreversible course.

## Relationships

### [Glazer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/glazer)

_rivalry_

Gino and Glazer are competing crime bosses, constantly undermining each other's operations.

### [Dan Coye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/dan_coye)

_professional_

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

### [Dan Coye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/dan_coye)

_professional_

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

### [Dan Coye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/dan_coye)

_professional_

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

### [Glazer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/glazer)

_rivalry_

Gino and Glazer are competing crime bosses, constantly undermining each other's operations.

## In the story

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

Lands with Dan and is captured. He is shaken by the alternate reality and asks Einstein if there is a way to return to their original world.

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