Short Science Fiction · Character

Humphrey Carl Laszlo

A Harvard-accented roboticist with a pugnacious snub face, Laszlo is Lynn's trusted expert — and the man who must confront how little anyone truly knows about the other side.

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Also known as Laszlo

First appearance: the magnificent possession

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Lynn's assistant; brings news of scientist deaths and confirms the humanoid plot.

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Laszlo is the grandson of a Hungarian defector, thickset and balding, soft-spoken in a way that makes his scowl more alarming. He serves as Lynn's comforting receptacle for complete knowledge of robotics, certain he knows approximately where 'They' are. When Breckenridge presses him on twenty-five years of missing conferences and unvisited laboratories, his professional confidence begins to crack — and with it, the assumption that robots could never pass for human.

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Officials and scientists
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Dr. Lynn
professional · ambivalent
Dr. Lynn
professional · ambivalent
Dr. Lynn
professional · ambivalent

Dr. Lynn
Dr. Lynn and Humphrey Carl Laszlo share a professional relationship, possibly as scientist and director, with frequent interactions indicating joint projects.
Dr. Lynn
Dr. Lynn and Humphrey Carl Laszlo share a professional relationship, possibly as scientist and director, with frequent interactions indicating joint projects.
Dr. Lynn
Dr. Lynn and Humphrey Carl Laszlo share a professional relationship, possibly as scientist and director, with frequent interactions indicating joint projects.

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