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"The Hot Soldier" ("Der heiße Soldat") is a satiric short story written in 1903 by Austrianauthor, storyteller and dramatistGustav Meyrink, as well as the title of the collection in which it appears.
Editions
Meyrink, Gustav (1906) . Der heiße Soldat und andere Geschichten [The Hot Soldier and Other Stories] (in German). München: A. Langen.
References
"Meyrink, Gustav". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 26 September 2015.