# Flora — The Cosmic Computer character guide

> Flora in The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A woman on Poictesme, possibly connected to the Maxwell family.

## Relationships

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_family_

Flora is Conn's mother, and their relationship is warm and supportive.

### [Wade Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/wade_lucas)

_social_

Flora and Wade have a polite, acquaintance-level relationship with no deep bond.

### [Sylvie Jacquemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/sylvie_jacquemont)

_family_

Flora and Sylvie share a warm, familial bond, likely as mother and daughter-in-law or close family friends.

### [Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/merlin)

_friendship_

Flora and Merlin share a friendly, supportive relationship, likely as close family friends.

### [Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/merlin)

_friendship_

Flora and Merlin share a friendly, supportive relationship, likely as close family friends.

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_family_

Flora is Conn's mother, and their relationship is warm and supportive.

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_family_

Flora is Conn's mother, and their relationship is warm and supportive.

### [Sylvie Jacquemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/sylvie_jacquemont)

_family_

Flora and Sylvie share a warm, familial bond, likely as mother and daughter-in-law or close family friends.

### [Wade Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/wade_lucas)

_social_

Flora and Wade have a polite, acquaintance-level relationship with no deep bond.

### [Wade Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/wade_lucas)

_social_

Flora and Wade have a polite, acquaintance-level relationship with no deep bond.

### [Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/merlin)

_friendship_

Flora and Merlin share a friendly, supportive relationship, likely as close family friends.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/i)

Conn's sister, engaged to Wade Lucas, wears a new dress and a Zarathustra sunstone ring.

### [The Price of Truth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/iii)

Conn's sister; not a True Believer in Merlin, influenced by Wade Lucas.

### [Breakfast and the Home Guard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/iv)

Openly dismisses the Merlin myth as a silly story and criticizes the town's obsession with it.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/viii)

Greets Conn angrily, blaming him for turning the world Merlin-crazy and causing the stock market madness.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xi)

Greets Conn cordially and befriends Sylvie, though Conn's mother is hostile.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xix)

Reconciles with Conn after learning the truth from Wade, expresses her long-standing hatred of the Merlin myth.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters