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E. D. Malone

A young Gazette reporter who asks his editor for a mission of danger to prove his worth, and gets sent to interview the most violent scientist in London.

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Also known as Mr. E. D. Malone, Mr. Malone, Malone, Foreword Mr. E. D. Malone

First appearance: I: There Are Heroisms All Round Us

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Malone narrates the expedition with a journalist's eye and a young man's hunger to matter, driven by Gladys's refusal to love a man who has done nothing. His assignment to expose Challenger as a fraud flips into a place…

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See E. D. Malone in I: There Are Heroisms All Round Us

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  • Expedition members and associates
  • Protagonist
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  • Escalation
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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See E. D. Malone in I: There Are Heroisms All Round Us