[mentioned in passing] Site of the first "emergency
measure" that led to the founding of the Federation.
War veterans formed a militia to control local crime, allowing only other
veterans to join; after a generation or so the measure became official.
(Starship Troopers)
Horatio Abernathy
[mentioned in passing] Nobel Prize laureate in field
theory. He measured the speed of telepathy to demonstrate that it was not
limited to the speed of light, nor did it obey the inverse-square law.
Usually called Morrie. Part of Donald
Cargraves' rocket crew, licensed as a rocket pilot. He was the official
astronomer of the Galileo
Marching-and-Chowder Society. His family objected less to his working on
the moon rocket than the other boys'. Morrie's uncle, Bernard Abrams, was a
surgeon.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)
Saul S. Abrams
Captain of the Kilroy. He died in its return landing crash. A memorial was
set up to him in Hayworth
Hall.
Building to which Ted and
Cynthia Randall followed Jonathan
Hoag when he hired them to investigate him. Ted observed Hoag working as a
jeweler on a nonexistent thirteenth floor.
A stasis field established in the 20th century and purported to contain
living specimens of the year 1926. J.
Darlington Smith was found inside and revived when the field was
finally released.
Zeppelin ["lighter-than-air" ship) in which Alex
Hergensheimer was scheduled to return home from the Konge Knut.
Zeppelins were common and airplanes unknown in his home universe.
1. Interplanetary ship, probably
originally appropriated from Earth by the Venus
RepublicHigh Guard,
that was destroyed in Venus orbit by Federation
forces.
1. In the ritual by which a non-Free Trader
is adopted into a ship, all family members must be present. The candidate is
presented, ritual speeches are made, and a (token) vote is taken. The
candidate shares food (again, a token gesture) with the Chief Officer, then
blood is drawn from the candidate's arm and smeared on the deck. The
food-exchange ritual is repeated with all family members, followed by an
elaborate banquet and celebration.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
2. In Luna City
before the revolution, adoption was simply a matter of taking the child into
one's home. Manuel
Garcia O'Kelly complained about the complications developed in later
years.
Chancellor of Eden College,
Kansas; no doubt actually one of Lucifer's
minions.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Advanced Survival
College-level course that Rod Walker
took at the end of high school. It required students to know how to live
through any adverse conditions as preparation to explore and settle alien
planets. The final "exam" was to be left on an uninhabited planet with only
the supplies one could carry, and still be alive at pickup time 2 to 10 days
later.
[mentioned in passing] White gelding owned by Lady Godiva,
given to her by Time
Corps agent Hendrik
Hudson Schultz when he leased a tower from her husband to use as a time
gate.
1. Junior medical officer aboard the Champion. He
hated Martians and disobeyed orders against going armed. He shot at a Martian in a
moment of panic, and promptly disappeared.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
2.Donald Macrae referred to one of the first humans on Mars attacking a Martian and being disappeared, though he didn't mention a name.
In Maureen
Johnson's time line. he
became Japanese emperor during World War II after his father Hirohito was
killed during a bombing raid. He was less than 12 years old when he and his
ministers committed suicide after the destruction of Tokyo and Kobe.
Kitchen boy at Mother
Johnston's speakeasy. After he was passed over by the New America
conscription gang, he was sent by Fader Magee
to get information on the reason for conscription.
Independent government through which Friday passed on
her way from Ell-Five space
station to the Chicago
Imperium. It did not require passports or other documentation.
1. [mentioned in passing]
Site of a military base.
(Between Planets)
2.Maureen
Johnson moved to the city in 1972 because she had not lived there before
and therefore it held no memories for her; it was quiet, having been bypassed
by the moving roadways; and it missed many of the ills of the Crazy Years.
Jake
Salomon mentioned him briefly to Joan Eunice
Smith as being a member of the first expedition to the moon, with Neil
Armstrong.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Alec (no last name)
Patron of Mother
Johnston's speakeasy who objected to David
MacKinnon's presence. He resisted the press gang and was "anesthetized" by
the commanding officer.
[mentioned in passing] City, apparently under the
jurisdiction of China, where a Morale Corps sergeant gave birth by Caesarean
to a two-headed boy. The event was recorded for television broadcast.
[mentioned in passing] The Free Traders
used the name of one of its native lifeforms (fraki) to refer to
nonspacers, with the connotation that they were inferior to spacers.
American consul in Mazatlán, a
native of Brownsville, Texas. He was unable or unwilling to help Alex
Hergensheimer out of the debt incurred by his rescue by the Mexican Coast
Guard.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Amelia (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Acquaintance of Maureen
Johnson who "had to get married".
Book by Burton, stocked in the Farnham bomb
shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)
ancestry
1. The PanAsians
had, if possible, a more virulent hatred for Asian-Americans than for
Caucasian Americans.
(The Day After Tomorrow)
2.Johann
Sebastian Bach Smith was German-American, having changed his name from
Schmidt probably because of World War I prejudices.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
3.Manuel Garcia
O'Kelly, like most Lunar colonists, was proud of his mixed-race ancestry.
One grandfather was deported from Johannesburg for armed violence and no work
permit (obviously native African), the other deported for subversive
activities. His grandmothers were a juvenile delinquent "enrolled" in the Peace Corps
mission to Luna,
and a Tatar "volunteer" for Soviet colonization. He also claimed among his
ancestors a witch hanged in Salem, a pirate, and an English deportee [convict]
to Botany Bay, Australia. Wyoming
Knott, a first generation colonist, was one of the rare Lunarites not of
mixed race. Her pure blonde coloring was extremely uncommon. Disguised as Wyma
Beth Johnson, Wyoming was described as Tamil, with a touch of Angolan and
German. Red-haired Hazel
Meade was also first-generation.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3.Marsmen were
another group proud of their mixed ancestry. Podkayne
Fries described herself as having dominant Swedish features, but also
Polynesian and Asiatic ancestors. Her uncle Tom Fries was
more obviously Polynesian.
(Podkayne of Mars)
Ancient Benevolent and Fraternal Order of the
Wolf
Hobo that Max Jones met
his first night after running away from home. He shared his stew with Max but
also stole Max's astrogation books. After Max was rejected by the Astrogators'
Guild, Sam helped him get forged records as a spacer and a job in the Asgard. Sam
worked his way to Master-at-Arms in the Asgard, and died rescuing Eldreth
Coburn and Max from the hostile natives of Charity. He may
have been an Imperial
Marine who had gone AWOL years ago.
(Starman Jones)
Anderson (no first name)
Student at Lowell
Academy who considered the new regulations not worth fighting against
since he was due to graduate in one semester.
(The Red Planet)
Solomon Andree
[mentioned in passing] Described as attempting a balloon
flight to the North Pole.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Sergeant Andreeli (no first name)
Only surviving member of the Lewis &
Clark's guard after the disaster on Elysia, an
engineering machinist.
(Time for the Stars)
Andrew
(no last name) [mentioned in passing] Character in Jubal
Harshaw's story "Uncle
Tobias", the narrator's "disappearing brother".
Friend of Maureen
Johnson and Brian Smith,
and husband of Jane Andrews; Maureen had an affair with him (with Brian's
knowledge and approval).
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Jane Andrews
Friend of Maureen
Johnson and Brian Smith,
and wife of Hal Andrews; Brian had an affair with her (with Maureen's
knowledge and approval).
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Magdalene (Maggie) Andrews
A Holy
Virgin who helped arrange a rendezvous between John Lyle and
Judith.
A member of the Cabal, she
recruited John and Zebadiah
Jones, arranged for John and Judith's escapes from the Palace, and
ultimately joined the military staff of the Revolution as a staff sergeant.
She was Zeb's mistress for a while, but married John just before the coup.
Within the Cabal she was also known as Sgt. Andy.
("If This Goes On—")
Trevor Andrews
Young man who picked up Friday on the
shuttle from Winnipeg to Vancouver. He failed to show for their tryst, but
instead sent roses and a note explaining that he was an Artificial
Person and couldn't continue deceiving a "real" human being, as he thought
Friday was.
(Friday)
Andrews (no first name)
1. [mentioned in passing]
(Dr.) Eugenics
Foundation board member who had nominated H. S. Olsen as the director.
5. [mentioned in passing]
Alex
Hergensheimer's second grade teacher, whom he mentioned as evidence that
he had not lost his memory.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
androgynes
Elflike creatures found in the Pass
Christian saucer, controlled by puppet
masters. They were assumed to be natives of Titan. All died
when the saucer was ruptured and their atmosphere escaped.
2. Name that Jubal
Harshaw chose for the heroine of his True Confessions story, "I
Married a Martian". He claimed that names ending in "a" implied a
C-cup figure.
A section of the Diego-Reno
Roadtown (presumably the former Los Angeles, California).
("The Roads Must Roll")
Angelo & Sons, Ltd.
General outfitters on Mars owned by Tony
Angelo, which supplied just about anything that tourists or prospectors could
need. Castor and
Pollux Stone attempted to do business with them, and bought their flat cat there.
Ballistic rocket line flying between Canada and New Zealand, a subsidiary
of Interworld
Transport. The acronym stands for Air New Zealand-Australia-Canada.
(Friday)
APV
Authorized Power Vehicle. Use of motor vehicles was strictly limited,
especially in
the Chicago
Imperium.
1. Fashion magazine on Venus, from which
Podkayne
Fries copied makeup styles.
(Podkayne of Mars)
2. Third planet of the sun around which
Charity
orbited. Passengers of the Asgard were given
the choice of being left there rather than risk the return through an
uncharted anomaly.
2. Name given by the Cabal to the route
leading through the caverns from the Revolution's headquarters.
("If This Goes On—")
Mrs. Appleby (no first name)
Emma
Crail's mother, who visited Allan and
Josephine MacRae when they returned to Earth. She apparently knew nothing
about conditions in Luna, and
understood less. Her late husband, Herbert Appleby, is mentioned briefly.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
Aquaria
[mentioned in passing] Name proposed but rejected for Elysia, suggested
by the large proportion of water to land. [From the Latin aqua,
"water"]
Patty
Paiwonski claimed Valentine
Michael Smith must be an angel after she witnessed a few of his
"miracles". (He did appear in that guise at the end of the book.)
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Archibald (no first name)
(Doctor) Civilian ship's aide in the Mayflower who
brought Noisy Edwards to Captain's Mast for disobeying orders during takeoff.
He became Scoutmaster for
"A" deck. He saved Bill Lermer's
life when Bill was stricken with appendicitis.
(Mrs.) Wife of Dr. Archibald. She helped George
Lermer locate his wife after they were separated upon landing on Ganymede.
U.S. armed forces major, in Intelligence. When the government was
destroyed and all senior officers were killed, as the senior line officer in
the Citadel
he took command of the war against the PanAsian
invasion. A publicity man by trade, Army by necessity, he proposed a
propaganda war with organization of an underground resistance movement (see Mota.)
(The Day After Tomorrow)
Bill Arensa
The "Mayor of Hog Alley", the
senior cadet in Matt Dodson's
barracks in the James
Randolph. He had a long assignment to the James Randolph because of
accumulated demerits, and eventually resigned and returned to Earth.
Security firm that Maureen
Johnson hired to watch her house when she was away. She called them when
her son Donald broke into the house to "rescue" Priscilla
after Priscilla's drug overdose and hospitalization.
1. Name that Podkayne
Fries gave to the baby fairy whose
parent guarded her when she was kidnapped.
(Podkayne of Mars)
2. Ship placed under quarantine by the
ship's surgeon because of illness on board. The action delayed the Venusian
foreign minister's arrival at a conference involving Mars, Venus and Earth.
(The Star Beast)
3. Mail ship that transported Thorby
Rudbek to Earth from Ultima Thule.
Composer of the orchestral work played during the acceleration of the Tom Paine.
(Double Star)
Arkwright (no first name)
Commander of the Interplanetary
Patrol academy. He accepted a reduction in rank so that he could take the
post. He lost his sight during the rescue of a private yacht.
(Space Cadet)
Pierre (Pete) Armand
Interplanetary
Patrol candidate. Born on Ganymede, he
spoke English with an accent and had some difficulty adjusting to the higher
Earth gravity. After completing his training in the James
Randolph, he was assigned to the PRS Charles' Wain, shipping to Ganymede.
(Space Cadet)
Armatoe (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Researcher who established
statistical facts about geniuses as cited by Hartley
Baldwin.
("Gulf")
Armbrust
[mentioned in passing] Cunningham's former employer.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Graves Armbruster
[mentioned in passing] Scientist who gave a radio lecture
that was broadcast on Mars.
1. Mentioned in passing as the first
human on the moon.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, I Will Fear No Evil)
2. The code name of time line
three, locus of the events in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. [Each time
line is named for the first human to set foot on the moon.]
Journalist vacationing in Luna, who hoped to
pick up a story while he was there. He was trapped with several Lunar
employees in a recently constructed tunnel when a mail rocket crashed nearby,
causing a moonquake. He and the others survived by plugging a leak by sitting
on it until rescuers arrived.
Twentieth-century theorist who proposed that life-potent spores could be
carried from star to star on the stellar wind.
(Beyond This Horizon)
Ars Longa
Name that Oscar Gordon
gave to his longhorse.
(From the Latin adage ars longa, vita brevis: "Art [is] long, but life
[is] short." The name may also have been intended as a pun: "long arse,"
because of the animal's unusual length from a human perspective.)
2. Lunar mining company whose stock D. D.
Harriman ordered sold to finance his trip to the Moon.
("Requiem")
Arthur (no other name)
1.Roy
MacClure's double for public appearances. He delivered a speech to the Hroshii.
(The Star Beast)
2. Passenger in the Asgard, who
married Becky Weberbauer after the landing on Charity. He was
killed in a Centaur attack.
(Starman Jones)
Artificial Person
A human conceived from genetic material that is natural (i.e. unaltered)
but is artificially combined for desired traits. Artificial Persons (APs) are
normal humans in appearance, but usually have superior strength and other
qualities. They are legally considered nonhuman and usually treated as
chattel. Most female Artificial Persons are trained to be prostitutes, and are
usually purchased by multinational corporations.
1. Passenger starship converted from the
torchship
Einstein (formerly the Prince of Wales). Using forged records, Max Jones and
Sam
Anderson were able to get jobs aboard her.
(Starman Jones)
2. During the Interuniverse
Society conference, a bridge was opened to Valhalla; anyone who "died"
during the Society
for Creative Anachronism joust had the option of being carried off by
Valkyries instead of being revived.
City manager of Hell, acting for Lucifer. He also
manifested as Jerry
Farnsworth's business manager in Eden, Kansas; he
was elected to the Eden College Board of Trustees.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Asiatic Plague
Plague broke out in Russia and China probably as a result of the puppet
masters' unconcern about human needs, particularly hygiene.
Ship that carried the first expedition to Venus in 1971. Her
crew died of a virulent fungal infection shortly after landing. The Little
People gave Matt Dodson
the ship's log, then led them to the ship herself, which they had preserved
intact. The cadets refitted her with the Venerians' help
and flew her back to the Aes Triplex.
1. Region of space between Mars and Jupiter,
sparsely populated by miners and the occasional "general store". Castor and
Pollux Stone made a tidy profit selling a variety of items to the miners.
(The Rolling Stones)
2. The Asteroid Belt was the remnant of
a planet destroyed by the MartianOld Ones.
Object detection and distance-measuring method (presumably analogous to
radar). Technicians were needed on Luna, and Kip Russell
briefly considered training for the trade.
Union that controlled who could become an astrogator; new members could
join only if they were related to and nominated by current members. They kept
professional information such as star charts and astrogation calculations
strictly secret.
Astrogators' Guild Hall
Located in Earthport
next to the spaceport. Max Jones
hoped their records would show that his uncle had nominated him for guild
membership.
(Starman Jones)
astronomy
It was considered mythology aboard the Ship; ancient texts
were interpreted metaphorically.
Asian empire that occupied Australia after forcing the remnants of the
former inhabitants onto New Zealand and creating an inland sea. They regularly
conducted forced emigrations to other planets to relieve population pressures.
The Heinlein
Society was founded by Virginia Heinlein on behalf of her husband, science
fiction author Robert Anson Heinlein, to "pay forward" the legacy of Robert A. Heinlein to future generations of "Heinlein's Children."
