# Mr. Friden — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Friden in Short Fiction by Charles Beaumont.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Friden

**First appearance:** 0000-the-beautiful-people

## Snapshot

Bored and restless aboard a drifting ship, Mr. Friden peers through a telescope and spots the impossible: a city on an asteroid where none should exist.

## Who they are

Mr. Friden is a crewman on a vessel that has been lost in space for three months, running out of fuel and hope, when idle curiosity leads him to an observation screen he never expected to use. He reports his discovery to Captain Webber with a careful, deferential precision, answering questions plainly even as the implications grow stranger. His find forces the dwindling crew to confront a city of earthlike houses on an asteroid, pulling them toward a landing that may be salvation or something far less explicable.

## Relationships

### [Captain Webber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/captain_webber)

_professional_

Captain Webber and Mr. Friden have a professional relationship, likely involving command or collaboration.

### [Mr. Greypoole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mr_greypoole)

_professional_

Mr. Friden and Mr. Greypoole have a professional association, likely within the same organization.

### [Lieutenant Peterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/lieutenant_peterson)

_professional_

Lieutenant Peterson and Mr. Friden share a professional or military connection.

### [Captain Webber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/captain_webber)

_professional_

Captain Webber and Mr. Friden have a professional relationship, likely involving command or collaboration.

### [Captain Webber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/captain_webber)

_professional_

Captain Webber and Mr. Friden have a professional relationship, likely involving command or collaboration.

### [Mr. Greypoole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mr_greypoole)

_professional_

Mr. Friden and Mr. Greypoole have a professional association, likely within the same organization.

### [Mr. Greypoole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/mr_greypoole)

_professional_

Mr. Friden and Mr. Greypoole have a professional association, likely within the same organization.

### [Lieutenant Peterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/lieutenant_peterson)

_professional_

Lieutenant Peterson and Mr. Friden share a professional or military connection.

### [Lieutenant Peterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/characters/lieutenant_peterson)

_professional_

Lieutenant Peterson and Mr. Friden share a professional or military connection.

## In the story

### [Elegy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_8_se/chapters/elegy)

A crew member who questions Greypoole and is assigned to the navigator's room.

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