E - Heinlein Concordance


Eager Beaver: Machine marketed by Aladdin Autoengineering Corporation. It was developed from Flexible Frank and used for, among other things, a hospital orderly. It was activated by selected voice commands.; (The Door Into Summer)
Eakers (no first name): Asteroid miner and patient of Edith Stone.; (The Rolling Stones)
Earth: Earth is frequently called "Terra" in Heinlein stories. The planet is featured in every story (with the arguable exception of Orphans of the Sky); and is, geophysically at least, the same as the "real" Earth. Between Planets, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and Red Planet describe the struggles of the human colonies in the Solar System to achieve political independence from Earth; Podkayne of Mars refers indirectly to this history.
The following references are distinctive.; 1. Emigration to other planets was strongly encouraged because Earth was overcrowded to the point where it could barely sustain the population.; (Farmer in the Sky); 2. To the Crew, a mystical and strictly imaginary place. They were uncertain about the actual meaning of the term.; (Orphans of the Sky); 3. In Podkayne Fries' opinion, Earth was not truly suited to human habitation, and the human race probably didn't really originate there. Although the human colonies on other planets were politically independent, Earth still dominated them.; (Podkayne of Mars); 4. The human race has long since outgrown its home planet, and largely abandoned it for a multitude of distant planets.; (Time Enough for Love)
Earthport: Spaceport and site of the Astrogators' Guild headquarters.; (Starman Jones)
Earth View Room: [mentioned in passing] Nightclub in Hotel Moon Haven in Luna City.; ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
Earthview Room: Restaurant in the Duncan Hines Hotel in Luna City; it also featured dancing. Jeff Hardesty took Ariel Brentwood there on several occasions.; ("The Menace from Earth")
earthworm: Lunarites' derogatory (and usual) term for Earth residents.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
East Spit: Section of New London and site of a detention camp for Terran nationals after the human colonies on Venus declared their independence.; (Between Planets)
Eastern Airlines: Dirigible company in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Eastern Coalition: Political faction of the Federation, rival to the faction that Joseph Douglas headed.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Eastern University: College from which J. Darlington Smith graduated, no longer in existence when he was rescued from the Adirondack Stasis Field. By implication, the educational system had changed radically since the 20th century.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Eastman (no first name): Successor to Commander Frick as head of communications in the Lewis & Clark.; (Time for the Stars)
Eater of Souls: The being that guarded the Egg of the Phoenix in Mile-High Tower; it was also called the Never-Born. It manifested to Oscar Gordon as a 17-century European swordsman.; (Glory Road)
Eboracum: Location of Iunio's garrison, north of Londinium [London] in Britain.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Eclipses: [mentioned in passing] Game featured in Diana's Playground.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Ed (no last name): 1. One-handed man at Mother Johnston's speakeasy who "put the question" to David MacKinnon.; ("Coventry"); 2. Alex Hergensheimer's maternal uncle, considered a bad influence by Alex's parents.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice); 3. Member of the Harriman Trust board of directors.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon"); 4. Alexandra Vesant's stockbroker.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Eddie (no last name): Colonel Brisby's aide.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Eddy (no first name): [mentioned in passing] Interplanetary Patrol candidate sworn in with Matt Dodson.; (Space Cadet)
Eden: 1. Colony planet largely settled as a retirement home. Only citizens over 70 Terran years old have voting rights; younger residents perform "public service", i.e. waiting on the elderly and doing all the unpleasant jobs by conscript labor.; (Friday); 2. Code name of a regional headquarters of the Cabal; apparently Louisville, Kentucky.; ("If This Goes On—"); 3. College town in Kansas in which Margrethe Gunderson and Alex Hergensheimer settled after their reunion at Koshchei's intervention. They apparently lived a life both idyllic and sybaritic, and raised many children.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Edith (no last name): Hanger-on at DeLancey's Sans Souci Bar. Gus Erickson declined her offer to join them but gave her money for a drink.; ("Blowups Happen")
Edmunds (no first name): Subsector Engineer on the Diego-Reno Roadtown.; ("The Roads Must Roll")
Johnny Edwards: See John Edward Forbes-Smith.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Noisy Edwards (no other first name): Boy in Bill Lermer's bunkroom aboard the Mayflower who was brought before the Captain's Mast (official disciplinary procedure) for disobeying orders just after liftoff. He beat Bill up after Bill ordered him "stifled" during the panic following the meteor strike in the bunkroom.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Egg of the Phoenix: Cybernetic record of the experiences of all 203 Emperors of the Twenty Universes. Each new Emperor had all the prior knowledge implanted in his/her memory to provide continuity in the government. Star recruited Oscar Gordon to help reclaim it after it was stolen by a dissident faction.; (Glory Road)
Honorable J. Dillberry Egghead: [mentioned in passing] Pat Bartlett told his twin Tom that he was watching a speech by him just before the Lewis & Clark's liftoff.; (Time for the Stars)
Egypt: Code name for a regional headquarters of the Cabal.; ("If This Goes On—")
Einstein: Previous name of the torchship that was converted to the passenger starship Asgard.; (Starman Jones)
Eisenberg (no first name): Tour guide and driver on Halcyon.; (Starman Jones)
Eisenhower Hotel: Hotel at which Dak Broadbent asked Larry Smith to meet him, in order to recruit Smith to impersonate John Joseph Bonforte.; (Double Star)
Dealer Dan Ekizian: Used spaceship dealer who sold the Rolling Stone to the Stone family.; (The Rolling Stones)
Lars Eklund: [mentioned in passing] The original owner of Kip Russell's spacesuit.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
El Alamein: [mentioned in passing] Federation troop carrier.; (Starship Troopers)
El Camino Real: Thoroughfare in Golden Rule. [Spanish, "the royal road"]; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
El Diablo: Resident cat in Ira Weatheral's penthouse. [Spanish, "the devil"]; (Time Enough for Love)
Elinor (last name either Crampton or Lopez): Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's granddaughter, one of the plaintiffs in the suit to have him declared legally dead after the brain transplant.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
El Nido: Free Trader ship crewed by the Garcia clan. Mata Kingsolver of the Sisu was traded to them for Loeen Garcia. [Spanish, "the nest"]; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Eleanora (no last name): Juan Rico's maternal aunt, who sent him a letter informing him of his mother's death. She managed to imply that it was Johnnie's fault for having joined the Mobile Infantry.; (Starship Troopers)
Electric Park: Amusement park to which Ted Bronson promised to take Woodrow Smith. They did go there after the boy stowed away on a ride Ted took with Maureen Johnson Smith.; (Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Electrical Experimenter: Magazine mentioned in passing by D. D. Harriman.; ("Requiem")
Electroluminescence vs. Chemiluminescence: [mentioned in passing] Research paper by Archibald Douglas that inspired Mary Lou Martin to contact him with a proposal to work together to develop an inexhaustible power supply.; ("Let There Be Light")
Electronics Research Company: [mentioned in passing] Lunar corporation.; ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
Eleven Years Old: The Pre-Adolescent Adjustment Crisis in the Male: Podkayne Fries read this book hoping it would help her cope with her brother Clark Fries (it didn't). The "years" are Terran reckoning.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Elizabeth M. Hewitt: Prize rose growing in Jubal Harshaw's garden. He complained loudly that the invading S.S. officers had landed on it.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Elizabeth Regina: Starship to which Max Jones was assigned as assistant astrogator after completing the Asgard journey. [Latin, "Elizabeth the Queen", probably a reference to Elizabeth I of England.]; (Starman Jones)
Elkins: One of the security police waiting in Dudley Jefferson's apartment when he and Don Harvey returned from dinner.; (Between Planets)
Elks Club: Social organization established on Mars; it was closed to women. Tom Fries was a member.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Ellie Ellens: "Emotional" writer, known throughout the System. She interviewed Rod Walker after the "rediscovery" of the Advanced Survival test planet, and wrote an entirely sensational version of his story.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Ell-Five: 1. Space station described by Richard Ames as a slum "with crowding and unmannerly behavior and unnecessary noise and impolite behavior."; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls); 2. Geostationary space station, used as a transfer point between Earth and interplanetary travel. It was apparently an independent territory (not controlled by any government or international organization).; (Friday)
Ell-Four: 1. [mentioned in passing] Orbital habitat.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls); 2. Geostationary space station, used as a transfer point between Earth and interplanetary travel. It was apparently an independent territory (not controlled by any government or international organization).; (Friday)
Ellis Isle: Entry port on Venus; sometimes called Venus Ellis Isle.; ("Logic of Empire," "The Green Hills of Earth")
Elmendorf AFB: When Oscar Gordon returned to Germany one his way home from Vietnam, he hoped to visit his mother, stepmother and siblings in Wiesbaden, but discovered they had just left for the United States on their way to his stepfather's new assignment at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska.; (Glory Road)
Eloise (no last name): Boarder at Jinx Henderson's.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Elsie Dinsmore: Volumes 8 through 11 were used for "unsympathetic magic" in Jubal Harshaw's story "Uncle Tobias".; (The Number of the Beast)
Elsie Times: Daily news sheet in the Lewis & Clark. It carried both fleet and Earthside news. The "Elsie" is derived from LC (Lewis & Clark).; (Time for the Stars)
Ely on Inheritance and Bequest: [mentioned in passing] Book that Valentine Michael Smith quoted at length in response to a press conference question about his knowledge of inheritance laws.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Elysia: Planet in the Beta Ceti system. It was mostly water-covered, habitable by humans but also inhabited by intelligent, hostile, and very large amphibians. Many of the Lewis & Clark crew were killed in the natives' attacks.; (Time for the Stars)
Elysian Fields: [mentioned in passing] Real estate development owned and advertised by NWNW's St. Petersburg sponsor.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Elysian Rest Homes: [mentioned in passing] Retirement community on the Moon.; ("Gulf")
Elysium: 1. Manned satellite in Terra orbit; by implication, a pleasure resort.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress); 2. Apparently an expensive pleasure palace in New Rome.; (Time Enough for Love)
Emerald City: One of the places visited by the crew of the Gay Deceiver; it could be seen from orbit after their arrival in the universe of Oz.; (The Number of the Beast)
Emergency Committee of Free Luna: Wyoming Knott, Manuel Garcia O'Kelly, and Bernardo de la Paz, acting as a provisional (and self-appointed) government after the Revolution.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Emery, Bird, Thayer: [mentioned in passing] New account that John Lyle acquired while travelling as salesman Adam Reeves.; ("If This Goes On—")
Emigrants' Gap: Teleportation Gate used for transporting colonists to new planets. The original Gate stood on the Jersey Flats; the larger one currently in use was opened in '68.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Emmy Lou: [mentioned in passing] Mining node in the Asteroid Belt.; (The Rolling Stones)
Emergency Law Number One: Law declared by the Federation occupation forces on Venus, which abolished large settlements, banned prohibited gatherings larger than 10 people, and prohibited ownership of power weapons.; (Between Planets)
emperor: 1. For all the airs he gives himself, the emperor, or Great Sargon, of the Nine Worlds controls only a relatively small area. The Terran Hegemony, presumably at least nominally a democracy, is the dominant political force in the galaxy.; (Citizen of the Galaxy); 2. Earth is part of an interplanetary system called an Empire but run as a constitutional monarchy complete with Parliament. The role of the Emperor is strictly ceremonial. The United States had joined the "Empire" with the proviso that it would not have to recognize the Emperor's sovereignty and that no member of the Royal family would cross its borders.; (Double Star); 3. The term "emperor" is inaccurate for the rule and function of the leader of the Twenty Universes, but there is no accurate English translation for the true function.; (Glory Road); 4. In Alex Hergensheimer's world there is a Russian Emperor who is absolute monarch of vast territories.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice); 5. The PanAsian Empire is ruled by a "Heavenly Emperor", but apparently much of the imperial power is exercised by territorial governors.; (The Day After Tomorrow); 6. Dom Pedro III was emperor of Brazil; he greeted the crew of Lewis & Clark on their return, on behalf of the United System.; (Time for the Stars); 7. References to Imperial Marines and the Imperial Encyclopedia suggest that Earth is part of an empire.; (Starman Jones)
Empire Enterprises: News/entertainment network that sent Ellie Ellens to do a story on Cowpertown.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Empire of the Great Khans: Government that attempted to breed supermen, which instigated the Second Genetic War.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Encyclopedia Batavia: [mentioned in passing] Source of Larry Smith's knowledge of brainwashing. (New Batavia is the Imperial capital.); (Double Star)
Encyclopedia Britannica: Main reference work in the Farnham shelter. Hugh Farnham translated large parts of it for Ponse, particularly the sections on games that could be adapted and sold to the Chosen.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Encyclopaedia Terrestriana: [mentioned in passing] Volume fed to the Ship's Convertor in ancient times by a crew member who had no idea of its value, never having learned to read.; (Orphans of the Sky)
Endsville: [mentioned in passing] Terminal of the Hong Kong Luna transport system.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
"Enjoy Yourself, It's Later Than You Think": Song that Dora sang at the dinner celebrating Maureen Johnson's rescue and rejuvenation.; (The Number of the Beast)
Jack Entenza: President of Two-Continents Amusement Corporation, a Harriman company. Initially he was the only board member besides George Strong and D. D. Harriman to favor developing space travel.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Barbara Anne Enthwaite: [mentioned in passing] Baby girl kidnapped and killed by N. L. Dillinger.; (Starship Troopers)
Entropy, Incorporated: Corporation that arranged time jumps through the Gates invented by Jesse Ramsbotham.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
The Entropy of Joy: [mentioned in passing] Book written by the prophet of the Whitmanites.; (The Puppet Masters)
Envoy: The first ship to carry a human crew to Mars. The crew was lost.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
epileptogenetic ray: PanAsian weapon that caused a messy death by convulsions. It was frequently used for crowd control.; (The Day After Tomorrow)
Epsilon Ceti IV: [mentioned in passing] Its "phlegmatic crustaceans" were described in Sky Beasts: A Guide to Exotic Zoology.; (Starman Jones)
Epsilon Gemini V: Max Jones saw a native in Earthport, eight feet tall with multiple eyes.; (Starman Jones)
Epstein: (no first name) Crew member of the Tom Paine.; (Double Star)
Equalitarians: Current term for "democrats". Considered troublemakers on Secundus and deported if they got too demanding.; (Time Enough for Love)
Eric Gustav: Danish king of Scandinavia, with a capital in Kobenhavn in one of the worlds Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson passed through. He was born Prince Frederik. Margrethe was delighted to learn that Denmark controlled the rest of Scandinavia.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Gus Erickson: Engineer who replaced Cal Harper on watch after Harper was relieved of duty by Dr. Silard. He helped Cal develop a fuel suitable for space travel.; ("Blowups Happen")
Erska: Icelandic family that mined the Asteroid Belt. Castor and Pollux Stone gave a flat cat to them because they could not afford to buy one.; (The Rolling Stones)
Bill Ertz: Assistant Chief Engineer in the Ship. Not much older than Hugh Hoyland, he held opinions that Hugh considered heretical. He became Chief Engineer while Hugh was held captive by the muties. When Hugh was released and told his story, Ertz had him arrested for heresy. Hugh escaped and had him taken to the control room to see Outside for himself. After their unsuccessful coup attempt, Ertz joined Hugh in his escape from the Ship.; (Orphans of the Sky)
Erymanthus: Canal that intersects the Strymon Canal; Syrtis Major is situated on it.; (The Red Planet)
M. C. Escher: [mentioned in passing] Artist that decorated the Critics' Lounge for the Interuniverse Society conference.; (The Number of the Beast)
T. Omar Esklund, Ph.D.: State executive secretary of the Keep Earth Human League. He presented a petition to Sergei Greenberg to have Lummox destroyed.; (The Star Beast)
Espartero Carvala: Patagonian representative on the Genetic Planning Council, a control natural and formidable figure. She claimed to be certain that her opinion on life after death was correct. There are implications that she was reincarnated as Hamilton Justina.; (Beyond This Horizon)
FNS Espérance: Cruiser that led the attack on Luna's ballistic radar. [French, "hope"]; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Espíritu Santo: City on Sanctuary, connected with the Mobile Infantry base and very hospitable to troopers on leave. [Spanish, "holy spirit"]; (Starship Troopers)
Esposito (no first name): Hartley Baldwin's attorney. His death a few months before Baldwin's left Baldwin's estate and System Enterprises in the control of Rhoda Wainwright.; (Friday)
Estados Unidos de Sud: [mentioned in passing] Political union that had fought a war with the Afro-European Federation. [Spanish, "United States of the South" or "Southern United States"]; (Time for the Stars)
Estates General: Governing body of the Venus Republic.; (Between Planets)
Estelle's Kitchen: Restaurant that Estrellita and José Long opened on Landfall. They were unaware that Lazarus Long had made it possible for them to buy it. When they opened the more elegant Maison Long, it included a coffee shop named Estelle's Kitchen after their first restaurant.; (Time Enough for Love)
Eternal Peaks: [mentioned in passing] Mountain range in Nevia.; (Glory Road)
Euphorion: Supposedly nontoxic, nonaddictive mood-altering drug; but there was agitation to class it with controlled substances. Belle Darkin was an habitual user in her later years.; (The Door Into Summer)
Eureka: Dorothy Gale's cat, who slept in Deety Burroughs' lap during the dinner in Oz, after demanding various tasty morsels from her.; (The Number of the Beast)
Europe: It is implied in a passing mention by Zaccur Barstow that it was rendered uninhabitable by atomic warfare.; (Methuselah's Children)
Evangeline: [mentioned in passing] Moon shuttle.; (Double Star)
Charity Evans: Congresswoman from Maine. Her response to Schedule Bareback was to wear a low-backed evening gown.; (The Puppet Masters)
Walker Evans: Code name that reminded Richard Ames of an unspecified debt. The Walker Evans Memorial Society, also known as Friends of Walker Evans, consisted of six men and a woman, otherwise undescribed, who had the right to call in the debt. They were apparently military comrades of Ames.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Evans (no first name): 1. Director of the Harriman Trust in Luna.; ("The Black Pits of Luna"); 2. Empire Enterprises employee and Pulitzer Prize winner who wanted to interview Rod Walker after everyone else had left Cowpertown.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Evelyn (no last name): Bailiff at Joan Eunice Smith's competency/identity hearing.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Evening Star: Transport ship taking contract labor to Venus. It also carried first-class passengers. When Sam Houston Jones shipped as a contract laborer, unbeknownst to him his sister was in the first-class section of the ship.; ("Logic of Empire")
Exchange and Readjustments: Office in Heaven to which Alex Hergensheimer was referred to change his berthing assignment.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Executive General: Head of government of the Venus Republic.; (Between Planets)
Executive Palace: The Federation Secretary General's headquarters, located near Washington, D.C.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Expansionist Party: Political party that was hardly more than a "Manifest Destiny" movement when it was founded on the belief that the space frontier was the most important issue in humanity's future. When John Joseph Bonforte added the ethic that with expansion must remain a dedication to freedom and equal rights, avoiding the attitude of "White Man's Burden" towards colonials or other planets' natives, he turned it into a major political force.; (Double Star)
Ezra (no other name): Police officer who searched Sanchez's truck while John Lyle was concealed in it.; ("If This Goes On—")

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