# Dr. Hudson — Short Science Fiction character guide

> Dr. Hudson in Short Science Fiction by Noel Loomis.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lawrence Edward Hudson

**First appearance:** 0007-nine-men-in-time

## Snapshot

A scientist and management ally who deploys black boxes and private wires to outmaneuver the men, treating the shop floor as a laboratory.

## Who they are

Dr. Hudson advises the narrator during the Legal Printing Company offensive, installing a mind-reading device at the water fountain with a private line back to his desk. He is methodical, clinical, and willing to weaponize technology against workers he regards as obstacles rather than people. His experiments escalate the story's central contest between surveillance and solidarity, making him the cool-headed engine of the employers' counterattack.

## In the story

### [Nine Men in Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/chapters/nine-men-in-time)

Production engineer hired by Shane to increase productivity, introduces time travel.

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