A Heinlein Concordance

created by M. E. Cowan

Robert A Heinlein

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From the stories:   A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
From the real world:   a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w xyz

A Heinlein Concordance ©2004 M.E.Cowan

 
K-9 Corps
Army corps in which calebs and humans worked in symbiotic teams.
(Starship Troopers)

Kaibab Gate
Teleportation Gate located seven miles north of Rod Walker's home in Arizona.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Kaiser Wilhelm Node
Mining camp in the Asteroid Belt, the original location of Rock City.
(The Rolling Stones)

Kaiserville
Mining colony on Venus, established by Two Planets Corporation. Allucquere was found near it after her release from enslavement by puppet masters.
(The Puppet Masters)

Kallikak Family
Popular serial drama described at some length though of slight importance. In an episode seen by Don Harvey, Buddy Kallikak was in the hospital and not expected to live; Celeste had been arrested for suspected husband murder; the father was missing; and the mother is also mentioned.
(Between Planets)

Kamehameha
[mentioned in passing] Federation troop carrier.
(Starship Troopers)

Saul Kamens
Legal chief of staff for Harriman & Strong, whom Charlotte Harriman threatened to visit for help in opposing D. D. Harriman's lunar venture.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Kamens (no first name)
The son of Saul Kamens. He took over his father's job as attorney for D. D. Harriman and defended him in a competency hearing.
("Requiem")

Kampf (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Bureaucrat Henry Kiku suggested as his own replacement after Roy MacClure fired Kiku.
(The Star Beast)

Kansas City (Missouri)
1. [mentioned in passing] Site of a Temple of Mota.
(The Day After Tomorrow)
2. [mentioned in passing] Joan Eunice Smith remembered a club there, circa 1934, that featured nude waitresses.
(I Will Fear No Evil) 3. Alex Hergensheimer's home town.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
4. Site of a puppet master takeover. Slightly damaged by bombings, perhaps during World War III, "on the east where Independence used to be".
(The Puppet Masters)
5. Lazarus Long's destination in his time travels.
(Time Enough for Love)
6. City where Maureen Johnson and Brian Smith lived after getting married.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kansas City Business College
[mentioned in passing] College where Maureen Johnson studied typing and shorthand after her marriage so she would have a marketable skill in case anything happened to her husband.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kansas City Journal
Newspaper posted in the town where Lazarus Long began his trip back in time, from which he learned he had reached 1916 and not the year he'd intended.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kansas City Photo Supply Company
Company from which Lazarus Long got the equipment to photoreduce his delay mail messages.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kansas City Post
Newspaper in which Lazarus Long first read of the United States' declaration of war.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kansas City School of Law
College that Maureen Johnson attended after acquiring her Ph.D. She passed the bar exam in 1952. (She submitted papers under "M. J. Johnson" rather than "Maureen".)
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kansas City Star
Newspaper that Sam Cavanaugh purchased to check the status of the city (in Zone Red). It made no reference to Schedule Bareback, but did have a headline explaining the disruption of long-distance phone service.
(The Puppet Masters)

Kansas City Storage and Warehousing
Facility where Ira Johnson stored his books when he re-enlisted in the Army, until Maureen could keep them in her home.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kansas University
University where Maureen Johnson attended medical school to acquire a master's degree in biochemistry.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kaplan (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of the Cosmic Construction Corps.
("Misfit")

Karen (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Visitor to the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)

Karl (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Laundry/dry cleaning worker aboard the SS Konge Knut.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Karnes (no first name)
Safety officer in Westville, a witness to Lummox's rampage.
(The Star Beast)

Karo
Mr. Chambers' mispronunciation of Georges Perreault's surname.
(Friday)

Karth-Hokesh
World to which the Egg of the Phoenix was taken after being stolen. Humans can tolerate its atmosphere for only a few hours. The Eater of Souls called it "Hoax".
(Glory Road)

Kathleen (no last name)
Tom Bartlett's great-niece and telepathic partner; daughter of his twin brother's daughter Molly Bartlett.
(Time for the Stars)

Maurice T. Kaufman
Vigilante who pulled a gun on a "hagridden" police officer in Albany, New York; the officer killed him.
(The Puppet Masters)

Kaui
[mentioned in passing] Colony planet; Hartley Baldwin's trust fund for Friday would pay her costs for migrating there.
(Friday)

Maudie Kauric
Girl whom Tom and Pat Bartlett both dated (more often Pat). Pat married her after Tom went on the Lewis & Clark voyage.
(Time for the Stars)

K'Boomch
Martian that Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton met during their escape from Lowell Academy; it took the two to shelter and later helped them reach their home.
(The Red Planet)

Kean's Chophouse
[mentioned in passing] Allan and Josephine MacRae's favorite Earthside restaurant.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")

Kearney (no first name)
Admiral in command of the Cosmic Construction Corps flagship.
("Misfit")

Kee (no other name)
Member of the Federation's ruling council.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Keep Earth Human League
Xenophobic fringe group that opposed the presence of aliens on Earth. They agitated to have Lummox destroyed.
(The Star Beast)

"Keep Your Pants On, Skipper"
[mentioned in passing] Unpublished song by "Noisy" Rhysling.
("The Green Hills of Earth")

Slats Keifer (no other first name)
Member of Bill Lermer's Scout troop on Earth.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Keith (no other name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of the Cosmic Construction Corps.
("Misfit")

Mrs. Keithley (no first name)
Wealthy widow who had a reputation for benevolence, but who used her influence to acquire plans for the Nova Effect. She intended to blackmail Earth to give her total control of the government. Hartley Baldwin mobilized his organization against her.
("Gulf")

B. J. Kelly (no other first name)
Security officer in the Section's headquarters, "the greatest scientific criminologist" of his time.
(The Puppet Masters)

Bud Kelly (no other first name)
Scout who suggested "St. Patrick Troop" as "A" deck's Scouting name; he got into a fight with the English Scout who had proposed St. George, and both ideas were rejected.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Joseph Kelly
Interviewer for the cadet selection process, to whom Matt Dodson was assigned. 
(Space Cadet)

Kelly (no first name)
1. One of the security police who strip-searched Don Harvey at Gary Station.
(Between Planets)
2. [mentioned in passing] (Mrs.) Proprietor of the Pilots' Club.
(Double Star)
3. [mentioned in passing] Interplanetary Patrol member "relieved of duty" because he was politically unreliable, i.e. not likely to support the coup.
("The Long Watch")
4. a. Boarding student at Lowell Academy. b. South colonist who sided with Jamie Marlowe in his dispute with Kruger over the colonists' right to hold a meeting; he was the father of the Lowell Academy Kelly.
(The Red Planet)
5. Chief computerman in the Asgard. Max Jones was assigned to him as chartsman and found him helpful and sympathetic.
(Starman Jones)
6. (Captain) Commander of the Flying Dutchman.
("Space Jockey")
7. Sergeant in Helen Walker's platoon.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Kelly-Holmes Approximation Method
Psychographic method of interpreting hypnotic interrogation. In the interrogation of Arthur Sperling, the interpretation was influenced by the interrogators' wishful thinking.
(Methuselah's Children)

Ken
Mule on Lazarus Long's homestead on New Beginnings, just junior to Beulah.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kendig (no first name)
Formerly general manager of a communications trust and a student of modern military organizational methods. Whitey Ardmore made him his chief of staff.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

Miss Kendrick (no first name)
Assistant to Commandant Nielssen. She knew everything that happened, and maintained all important records, but acted only under orders.
(Starship Troopers)

Bill Kennedy
Ponce de León Institute student stranded during his Advanced Survival test. He became a resident of Cowpertown and married Sue Briggs.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Kennedy (no first name)
Centerville physician whom Mr. Charton persuaded to write prescriptions so Kip Russell could fill his space suits pharmaceutical stocks.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Kennedy Tunnels
[mentioned in passing] Thoroughfares between Luna City and the Apollo Industrial Complex.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Kensington 400
[mentioned in passing] Model of computer in the travel bureau terminal in Nairobi.
(Friday)

Kenya Beanstalk
Skyhook cable that provided transportation between Nairobi and Ell-Five space station.
(Friday)

Molly Kenyon
George Lermer's draftsman on Earth, whom he married just before emigrating to Ganymede. (Emigration criteria favored married couples.)
(Farmer in the Sky)

Peggy Kenyon
Molly Kenyon's 12-year-old daughter. She became a member of the Junior Council aboard the Mayflower. Peggy could not adapt to the lower pressure of Ganymede's atmosphere, and lived in a sealed room in the Lermer house. She died shortly after the quake that decompressed her room and wrecked the colony's power plant.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Kettering Institute
[mentioned in passing] Institution that leased space aboard Space Station One.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

Kettle Belly
See Hartley M. Baldwin.
("Gulf", Friday)

khaugha
[mentioned in passing] Presumably a Martian predator dangerous to nymph Martians.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Khoroshen (no first name)
Second lieutenant, commander of the 2nd platoon of D Company aboard the Tours.
(Starship Troopers)

Khromitycinel (no other name)
Arrogant and unhelpful angel who processed Alex Hergensheimer's entry into Heaven.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Kiddie Kapers
[mentioned in passing] Magazine in the waiting room of the Marsopolis Creche.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Kiefer's Ritz
A bar in Luna, facing the east lock to the spaceport. Max Jones' ignorance of it gave the lie to his story of having worked as a spacer.
(Starman Jones)

Henry Gladstone Kiku
His Excellency the Right Honorable Permanent Undersecretary for Spatial Affairs. M.A., Litt. D. (honora causa), O.B.E. A native of Kenya, he was the real authority in the Department of Spatial Affairs, the Secretary always being a political appointee and figurehead.
(The Star Beast)

Osbert Kilgallen
Ben Caxton's assistant.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Roy Kilroy
A resident of Cowpertown, one of the students stranded during their Advanced Survival test.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Kilroy Was Here (Kilroy)
The first interplanetary rocketship. It traveled to Mars and back but crashed on the return landing, leaving no survivors. A replication of the crash site was displayed at Hayworth Hall. Matt Dodson decided the ship was named after Admiral "Bull" Kilroy of the Second Global War.
(Space Cadet)

King (no first name)
1. General superintendent of the Arizona atomic plant. He lobbied to have a power plant established in orbit after learning the possibilities of an explosion.
("Blowups Happen")
2. One of the security police waiting in Dudley Jefferson's apartment when he and Don Harvey returned from dinner.
(Between Planets)

Rufus "Ruthless" King
Howard Families member chosen to be captain of the New Frontiers.
(Methuselah's Children)

King Arthur
1. Camelot was a favorite fantasy world chosen by all four crew members of the Gay Deceiver. When they arrived in a universe presumably based on Arthurian myths, they were promptly attacked by a knight and left immediately.
(The Number of the Beast)
2. King Arthur's Court was the locale of the nightmare Kip Russell had after being kidnapped with Peewee Reisfeld.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

King of the Flying Monkeys
Attendee at the dinner held in Oz for the crew of the Gay Deceiver.
(The Number of the Beast)

Kingdom of South Africa
Member of the Federation, ruled by blacks and frequently censured for mistreating the white minority.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

King's Kodiak Bears
[mentioned in passing] Mobile Infantry regiment that Emilio Rico almost joined.
(Starship Troopers)

The King's Skald
The SS Konge Knut's daily newspaper; Alex Hergensheimer was grateful that Alec Graham had saved all of them from the first day of the voyage, since they helped Alex acquaint himself with the ship's routine and the other passengers.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Jeri Kingsolver
Thorby Rudbek's foster nephew by his eldest married brother; he was nearly the same age as Thorby and was his bunkmate aboard the Sisu.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Mata Kingsolver
Junior controlman in the computer room of the Sisu, Jeri's younger sister. She was traded to El Nido when she showed a romantic interest in Thorby Rudbek. In exchange, Loeen Garcia came to the Sisu from El Nido.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Kingston
[mentioned in passing] Town on Landfall.
(Time Enough for Love)

kink
The term is an obscenity (meaning unspecified) in the year 2000.
(The Door Into Summer)

Bert Kinsey
Alex Hergensheimer's boyhood "outlaw chum" who shared his taste for science fiction. He saved Alex from the fiery pit when he was hurled into hell, but was changed into a pink monkey when he expressed skepticism about Alex's sainthood.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Margery Kinski
Margery Chung after marriage.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Kinski (no first name)
1. Bill Lermer's scoutmaster on Earth.
(Farmer in the Sky)
2. Advertising artist who worked for Harriman & Strong.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Rudyard Kipling
1. Books of his poetry were stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)
2. His poetry survived in the Ship, and was a favorite of Joe-Jim Gregory's.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Kirk (no first name)
Alex Hergensheimer's scoutmaster. He was accused of profane language by his wife and sentenced to one day in the stocks. After the experience, he left town and was never seen again.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Mrs. Kitchin (no first name)
Maureen Johnson's great-great-grandmother, whom Maureen cited as an ideal of a pioneer mother.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kitten (no other name)
Name that Hugh Farnham bestowed on the "bedwarmer" assigned him in Ponse's household, after learning that she had never been given a name.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Kiwi Lines
[mentioned in passing] Airline company that operated in New Zealand.
(Friday)

Kkahhgral the Younger
Legendary Martian who, after arriving late for an honors ceremony, insisted on dying as punishment. He is the "patron saint" of propriety on Mars, and his nest is the most aristocratic on the planet.
(Double Star)

Kkkahjjjerrr
John Joseph Bonforte's (actually Larry Smith's) Martian name.
(Double Star)

Kkkahrrreash
John Joseph Bonforte's oldest Martian friend and his sponsor for adoption.
(Double Star)

Klendathu
Home planet of Earth's opponents in the Bug War.
(Starship Troopers)

Timothy Klyce
Senior legate and brevet captain in the Prophet's guard, also a member of the Cabal. He guided John Lyle and Zebadiah Jones to their first meeting.
("If This Goes On—")

KM187 Series '76
The "load of grain" in which Manuel Garcia O'Kelly and Bernardo de la Paz were smuggled to Terra to present Luna's Declaration of Independence to the Federation Assembly.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Knath Sooth
[mentioned in passing] Native Martian friend of William Cole.
("Ordeal in Space")

Kneiper's Ridge
Land formation on Ganymede west of Leda; the Lermer farm was located past it.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Knight Commander
Title awarded to Mrs. Fries for rebuilding Deimos and Phobos.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Knights and Lords of the High Mountain
Lodge to which Pastor Clarence Timberly belonged; he was a Past Grand Chancellor.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Wyoming Knott
Daughter of transportees to Luna from North America, a revolutionary from Hong Kong Luna whom Manuel Garcia O'Kelly rescued from the Stilyagi Hall riot. He introduced her to Mike, and with Bernardo de la Paz they formed the core of a successful revolutionary movement against Lunar Authority. Her Party name was Betty.

Part of her hatred of the Authority stems from her overexposure to radiation in early childhood, caused by their lack of concern for colonists, which made it impossible for her to bear her own healthy children. She was, however, a host mother by profession.

She married into the Davis family (Mannie's family), and was named Speaker Pro Tem of the Revolutionary Congress after Luna declared its independence.

She used the name Wyma Beth Johnson when she first went into hiding with Mannie's family.

(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Knowles (no first name)
Paymaster for Richardson Observatory. He gave Jack Arnold a tour of the tunnel construction and was trapped with him after a crashed rocket ruptured the tunnel's seal.
("Gentlemen, Be Seated!")

Known Space
Fantasy world created by Larry Niven, which was voted a favorite by all four crew members of the Gay Deceiver.
(The Number of the Beast)

Kobe
In Maureen Johnson's time line, the Japanese surrendered after this city's destruction, ending World War II.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Kobold Dwarf
[mentioned in passing] A "model" of Living Artifact (individual engineered from human genes, but not necessarily human in appearance), used for mining. As the name implies, they probably resembled the dwarves or gnomes of fairy tales.
(Friday)

Naomi Kondo
Daughter of Tetsu Kondo. Gwen Novak assumed her identity to leave Golden Rule, donning geisha attire as a disguise.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Tetsu (Tiger) Kondo
Richard Ames' host at The Spaceman's Widow.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Yukimo Kondo
[mentioned in passing] Daughter of Tetsu Kondo.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Kondor
[mentioned in passing] Planet that was the occasion of a hushed-up scandal in Roy MacClure's career.
(The Star Beast)

Kong Christian
[mentioned in passing] Ship that suffered a severe but unspecified mishap involving welding.
(The Rolling Stones)

Konge Knut
Before his firewalk Alex Hergensheimer was travelling aboard the MV (motor vehicle) Konge Knut, but afterwards he found it transformed to the SS (steam ship) Konge Knut. The night that he convinced Margrethe Gunderson of what seemed to have happened to him, the ship was struck by an iceberg, and disappeared after Alex and Margrethe were washed through a hole in the hull.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Kongville
Nickname for Hong Kong Luna.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Konski
Colonist who suggested attempting to negotiate with Gaines Beecher after the Mars Company refused to allow the colonists to migrate, pointing out that the colonists were numerically superior to Company employees. (Probably Luba Konski's husband.)
(The Red Planet)

Fatso Konski (no other first name)
Lunar worker trapped with Jack Arnold and Knowles when a crashed rocket ruptured the seal of the tunnel they were touring. He plugged an air leak by sitting on it.
("Gentlemen, Be Seated!")

Luba Konski
Friend of Jane Marlowe, who gossiped about Sarah Pottle in Willis' presence; Willis later repeated her words when Mrs. Pottle was present.
(The Red Planet)

Konsky (no first name)
Collaborationist with the PanAsians who was allowed to act as a rental agent; he arranged the rental of a vacant building to be used as a Temple of Mota.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

Wolfgang Korsakov
Board chairman of LuNoHoCo and a director of the Bank of Hong Kong Luna. After the Revolution, he was named to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Economics and Finance (and Custodian of Enemy Property).
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Alfred Korzybski
1. [mentioned in passing] Lentz studied under him.
("Blowups Happen")
2. Polish-born U.S. semanticist, mentioned in the context of Joe Briggs' language training with the New Men.
("Gulf")

Koshchei
1. The "deity" one level above Lucifer and Yahweh, who seldom took an interest in affairs below that level. At Lucifer's intercession, he mediated the dispute over Yahweh's treatment of Alex Hergensheimer, manifesting to Alex as the image of the veterinarian he knew during childhood. Lucifer had suggested that Alex address him, if at all, as "Mr. Chairman".
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
2. Deity by which Zebadiah Carter swore in describing Lazarus Long's reaction to Maureen Johnson's appearance in the Dora.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kosmic Keynotes
[mentioned in passing] Communications outfit.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Slats Kovak (no other first name)
Chartsman First Class in the Asgard.
(Starman Jones)

K'raath
[mentioned in passing] Martian deity.
(The Rolling Stones)

Kraken
[mentioned in passing] Free Trader ship.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Krantz (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Artist who painted "The Weeping Buddha", a reproduction of which disguised Jay Clare's video console.
("—We Also Walk Dogs")

John Krasny
Friday's surgeon and physical therapist after she was rescued from her kidnappers.
(Friday)

Dr. Krathwohl (no first name)
Scientist on the permanent staff of General Services. He had no fixed assignments but was allowed to pursue whatever interested him, since so often this freedom led to profitable results. He was consulted to find a gravitation expert to help devise environments for delegates to Earth's interplanetary conference.
("—We Also Walk Dogs")

Fjalar Krausa
Senior male of the Krausa sept and titular head of the clan in the Free Trader ship Sisu. Thorby Rudbek delivered to him Richard Baslim's message requesting that the Free Traders discharge their debt to him by caring for Thorby and finding his real family after Richard Baslim's death.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Fritz Krausa
Thorby Rudbek's eldest unmarried foster brother and president of the starboard bachelor table; one of Thorby's bunkmates in the Sisu.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Rhoda Krausa
Wife of Fjalar, she inherited the post of Chief Officer (de factor head of the ship's crew) after her mother-in-law's death.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Arly Krausa-Drotar
Senior clerk in the Sisu.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Chelan Krausa-Drotar
Thorby Rudbek's foster ortho-second-cousin by marriage, and one of his bunkmates in the Sisu.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Athena Krausa-Fogarth
Chief of commissary in the Sisu, and budding playwright; Thorby Rudbek's foster aunt. She wrote a drama for the Gathering of the People about the first Captain Krausa.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Krausmeyer (no first name)
Physician in Top Dollar, an alcoholic.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kreel
One of the "masters" of the Jockaira, after whom Kreel Sarloo [see next entry] was named.
(Methuselah's Children)

Kreel Sarloo
Individual who acted as liaison between the Howard Families and the Jockaira. He held a position among his own people that translated as "father", "priest", or "leader" of the tribe.
(Methuselah's Children)

Krein Syndicate
News network that operated on the Moon, among other places. Bill Corpsman went to work for them after resigning his position as John Joseph Bonforte's press secretary.
(Double Star)

Isadore (Kris) Krishnamurti
Medical-captain, the ship's psychologist on the Hydra who interrogated Thorby Rudbek to ascertain the truth of his story about Richard Baslim.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Krishnamurti (no first name)
1. Lewis & Clark crew member assigned to the "school board", who became head ecologist after Mama O'Toole's death.
(Time for the Stars)
2. [mentioned in passing] Author of The New Golden Bough.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kristina (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Stewardess aboard the SS Konge Knut, a friend of Margrethe Gunderson.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

kroner
Unit of currency on Valhalla.
(Time Enough for Love)

Kruger (no first name)
(RP). Resident Mars Company proctor of South Colony. He attempted to arrest Jim Marlowe and Frank Sutton after their escape from Lowell Academy, and to prevent the colonists from holding a meeting to discuss the Company's refusal to let them migrate.
(The Red Planet)

Barbara Kuiper
Torch watchstander in the Lewis & Clark, who married Harry Gates.
(Time for the Stars)

Kuiper (no first name)
Chief clerk in the Asgard. Sam Anderson called him "Old Lady Kuiper".
(Starman Jones)

Kung (no other name)
Leader of the Eastern coalition within the Federation government, Joseph Douglas' chief political enemy.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Kwikfede
[mentioned in passing] Restaurant chain, either fast food or an automat.
(The Puppet Masters)

Kwiklok
See G. E. Kwiklok.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

Kystra (no first name)
Gynecologist who tended Eunice Branca's body after Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's brain had been transplanted into it.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
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