Short Science Fiction · Character
Eugene Taylor
Thirty, carefree, and happily broke, Gene Taylor bursts into Sills's laboratory with a joke and stays to watch a chemist chase the Nobel Prize.
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Also known as Taylor, Gene
First appearance: The Magnificent Possession
As a major figure in Short Science Fiction, Eugene Taylor is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Sills' cheerful friend who witnesses the discovery and urges him to keep it secret.
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Taylor is Sills's younger, cheerier foil — a man with no money and no worry about it, who teases his friend's bald head and gloomy outlook while genuinely marveling at the ammonium amalgam trick. His easy exuberance and…
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- Rivalry
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Key narrative figures
- Familial and archetypal figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the Astronomer bitterly declares the crash landing a total lo…
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- Walter Sills
rivalry · negative
Eugene Taylor and Walter Sills are antagonists, possibly competing for power or… How this plays out →
- J. Throgmorton Bankhead
professional · ambivalent
- Walter Sills
rivalry · negative
Eugene Taylor and Walter Sills are antagonists, possibly competing for power or… How this plays out →
- Walter Sills
rivalry · negative
Eugene Taylor and Walter Sills are antagonists, possibly competing for power or… How this plays out →
- J. Throgmorton Bankhead
professional · ambivalent
- J. Throgmorton Bankhead
professional · ambivalent
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