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
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A Heinlein Concordance ©2004 M.E.Cowan

 
LA
See living artifacts.
(Friday)

Lacus Soli
[Latin, "lake of the sun"]
1. Site where John Joseph Bonforte was to be adopted into the nest of Kkkahgral the Younger.
(Double Star)
2. Mars locale just north of the planned landing site of the first human expedition. The second expedition, the Champion, also landed there.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Lacy (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of the original crew of the Vanguard, who acted as a messenger to the mutineers.
(Orphans of the Sky)

"Ladies From Hades"
See Home Defense Guard.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Ladies' Society for Moral Rectitude
Podkayne Fries' name for the elderly women aboard the Tricorn.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Lady Godiva's Horse
Gwen Novak's code name during the Battle of Britain mission. (The horse itself in mentioned in passing in the novel.)
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lady Luck, Inc.
Hamilton Felix's company, through which he marketed the games he designed. It was also called Hamilton's Hazards.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Lady Macbeth
1. Helen Walker's knife, which she gave to her brother Rod to take with him on his Advanced Survival test.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
2. Dog that Lazarus Long took homesteading on New Beginnings.
(Time Enough for Love)
3. Code name given to Maureen Johnson by the Committee for Aesthetic Deletions.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lady Maude
Jack Moreau's horse.
(Between Planets)

Lady Vivamus
1. Oscar Gordon's sword. The name comes from the motto engraved on the blade, "Dum Vivimus, Vivamus" (Latin for "While we live, let us live!").
(Glory Road)
2. [mentioned in passing] Oscar Gordon brought the sword with him to the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)

Lafayette
Interplanetary Patrol ship whose attack ended Colonel Towers' coup attempt.
("The Long Watch")

Lafayette Law
[mentioned in passing] Law on Mars that presumably granted citizenship to descendants of citizens, even those born off-planet (or perhaps specifically to descendants of Revolutionary veterans).
(The Star Beast)

Lafe (no last name)
Early 20th century Naval officer whom Lazarus Long claimed tried to choke a Kodiak bear to death.
(Time Enough for Love)

Laguna Serenidad
Lake southwest of Leda. [Spanish, "lagoon [of] serenity"]
(Farmer in the Sky)

Stuart Rene LaJoie
Wealthy tourist from Earth who became a patron of the Lunar Revolution, recruited by the Davis family. Manuel Garcia O'Kelly had saved him from being shoved through an airlock by the friends of a girl with whom he flirted a little too aggressively. He aided propaganda efforts on Earth and arranged for Mannie and Bernardo de la Paz to negotiate with the Federation. After the negotiations broke down, he emigrated to Luna and was named Special Minister Without Portfolio for the Ministry of Information in the Revolutionary government.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lake Louise
[mentioned in passing] Tourist city, apparently somewhere in South America.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Lake of the Forest
[mentioned in passing] Resort where Kip Russell was invited to spend Labor Day weekend; his parents probably thought he was there when he was kidnapped and taken off Earth.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Lake of the Woods
[mentioned in passing] Canadian lake that contained an island belonging to the Chicago Imperium. Friday considered but rejected it as a way home.
(Friday)

David Lamb
An alleged classmate of Lazarus Long in Naval Officers Training School, whom Lazarus described as so lazy he always found the easiest way to accomplish things and thus was a great success in whatever he did.
(Time Enough for Love)

Donald Lamb
Lazarus Long misspoke (and probably misremembered) David Lamb's name; he immediately claimed this was David's brother.
(Time Enough for Love)

Lambs Club
Larry Smith was a member, but was behind in his dues.
(Double Star)

Lanador
Planet in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud where the tribunal was held that judged first Wormface's planet, then Earth.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Hotel Lancaster
Hotel where Bill Lermer's family booked a room to stay the night before emigrating.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Lance (no other name)
Owner of DeLancey's Sans Souci Bar. (Probably a nickname for DeLancey.)
("Blowups Happen")

Land of Oz
See Oz.
(The Number of the Beast)

Landfall
Planet where Lazarus Long considered settling to raise a family; one corner of a trade route he worked as a merchant pilot. He did eventually settle there for a while, and also established Estrellita and José Long there as well.
(Time Enough for Love)

"Landing Orbit"
The Interplanetary Patrol anthem, broadcast during John Dahlquist's body's trip home. [In Space Cadet, the anthem is said to be "The Long Watch". Possibly it was changed in honor of John Ezra Dahlquist's sacrifice.]
("The Long Watch")

Landry (no first name)
Infantry major who escorted the Spatial Senser (psychic, something like a dowser) who joined Juan Rico's squad on Planet P to detect enemy tunnels.
(Starship Troopers)

Landsteiner Creche
Friday's birthplace, in Johns Hopkins University.
(Friday)

Langford (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] By inference, a planetary explorer.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Josef and Stjerne Lang
See Estrellita and José Long.
(Time Enough for Love)

Langley (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] In Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld, a professor who attempted to build a flying machine.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Langston (no first name)
Colleague of Dak Broadbent, who worked with him on Operation Mardi Gras.
(Double Star)

Mrs. Lantry (no first name)
Public health officer who visited Priscilla Smith after Priscilla was diagnosed with venereal disease.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Anna Kristina Larsen
Adele Pfeiffer Johnson's grandmother (1810–1912).
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Ole Larsen
Adele Pfeiffer Johnson's grandfather (1805–1907).
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lark
Ship in which Stuart LaJoie, Manuel Garcia O'Kelly, and Bernardo de la Paz returned to Luna after the unsuccessful negotiations with the Federation over Luna's independence.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Larkin Decision
Federation Court ruling that a corporation could not own a planet; only real people maintaining occupation could. The decision was the basis for rules governing colonization of planets.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Dr. Larksbee (no first name)
Atomic Energy Commission member who authorized Donald Cargraves' experiments with thorium, which he used in developing the moon rocket's power plant.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Hank Larrigan
Night guard at Riverside Sanctuary.
(The Door Into Summer)

Nancy Larrigan
Night nurse at Riverside Sanctuary, Hank's wife. Over her husband's objections, she provided Daniel Boone Davis with information about "F. V. Heinicke" (Ricky Gentry).
(The Door Into Summer)

Larry (no last name)
Jubal Harshaw's front-gate guard.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Tiny Larsen (no other first name)
Engineer and contractor in charge of construction of Space Station One. He was appalled to learn that he'd hired a woman as a radio operator; but when he learned that productivity was way up and discipline problems down, he recommended hiring more women.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

Larsen (no first name)
1. Soldier assigned to Marsten's Raiders, He ferried Don Harvey to Sir Isaac Newton's home.
(Between Planets)
2. Marine gunner who calculated charges for rocket tube emplacements on Asteroid HS-5388. Andrew Jackson Libby corrected an error in his calculations.
("Misfit")

Larsen Hazel
Monroe-Alpha Clifford's ortho-wife, a former professional dancer. After an amicable divorce, she resumed her career to take entertainment troupes to outplanet scientific posts.
(Beyond This Horizon)

LaRue (no first name)
Chief of Protocol for Joseph Douglas.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Las Vegas
Friday's destination after Hartley Baldwin's organization was dissolved, part of Vegas Free State. Site of a Labor Mart, of which the main purpose was recruiting mercenaries.
(Friday)

Last Chance
Transport ship that traveled to Felicity.
(Time Enough for Love)

Latham (no first name)
1. Executive of the Harriman Trust, operating in Luna.
("The Black Pits of Luna")
2. [mentioned in passing] Attendee at the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)

Lathrop (no first name)
Member of Matt Dodson's extravehicular activity training class, who questioned Hanako's instructions.
(Space Cadet)

Lucille LaVonne
[mentioned in passing] Woman who won the "Miss Solar System" title during the Lewis & Clark's voyage.
(Time for the Stars)

law of gravitation
It was interpreted as an allegory by the Scientists in the Ship, as a description of falling in love. Hugh Hoyland got some inkling of the true idea from Joe-Jim Gregory.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Law of Stable Money
Theory that governed the economy: "In a stable economy, debt-free new currency must be equated to the net reinvestment."
(Beyond This Horizon)

Lawrenceville
[mentioned in passing] Dick Logan's school.
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Lazy
Don Harvey's cowpony at the ranch school he attended on Earth.
(Between Planets)

Lazy Eight Spread
Region in farm country in Golden Rule.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

L-City
See Luna City.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Las-Vegas-in-the-Sky
Vacation resort in Earth orbit.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

LeCompte (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Composer of "Raise Ship!".
(Between Planets)

League of the Oppressed
Underground Equalitarian movement on Secundus. The government dealt with it through infiltration by agents and then deportation of its members.
(Time Enough for Love)

Clyde Leamer
Settler on New Beginnings. Formerly a creative writing teacher on Earth, he was forever in debt mostly because of his unwillingness to work. Lazarus Long bought a mule from him, partly because he had more respect for the mule than for Leamer.
(Time Enough for Love)

Yvonne Leamer
Clyde's wife, who emigrated to New Beginnings with him.
(Time Enough for Love)

Leslie LeCroix
1. Relief pilot of the Charon. He was chosen as pilot of the first Moon ship.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
2. The pilot of the first moonship. Also the code name for time line two, the time line in which Maureen Johnson was born.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Leda
Colony town on Ganymede.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Ledbetter (no first name)
Scientist killed in the Citadel, along with several hundred other men, by one of his own experiments on energy sources.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

Ledbetter Effect
Named after the scientist who created it (and was killed by it), an energy burst that kills humans but leaves other life forms unharmed. It was refined to be used as a weapon tuned to individuals or distinct races, and was crucial in defeating the PanAsian occupation forces.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

Lee Choy Mu
Also Robert C. M. Lee. An early member of the Howard Families, born in Singapore of Cantonese parents but living in Richmond, Virginia. He was a member of the New Frontiers refugees and a mathematician second only to Andrew Jackson Libby. He was an ancestor of Hamadryad Weatheral.
(Time Enough for Love)

Lefty (no other name)
Guard in the Coventry prison to which David MacKinnon was sentenced.
("Coventry")

"Légion Étrangčre"
[mentioned in passing] Marching song at Camp Arthur Currie.
(Starship Troopers)

Legion of Space
A fantasy world created by Jack Williamson, that was a favorite of all four crew members of the Gay Deceiver. The ship rotated to a universe that may have been its deadly green nebula.
(The Number of the Beast)

Simon Legree
Lazarus Long's name for the slave merchant who sold him Estrellita and José Long. Lazarus locked him into Estrellita's chastity belt after seeing the scars it had left on her.
(Time Enough for Love)

Leif Ericsson
Torchship involved in Project Lebensraum.
(Time for the Stars)

Pat Leivy
Member of Juan Rico's boot camp squadron.
(Starship Troopers)

Slim Lemke
See Moses Lemke Stone.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lentz (no first name)
Foremost authority on situational psychoses who was brought in to assess the crisis at the Paradise, Arizona, atomics plant. He saw no way to solve the problem of increasing neuroses among plant workers, but worked with officials there to have power stations located in Earth orbit.
("Blowups Happen")

Friedrich Lenz
Second class sergeant-technician in the Nazi moon base. He was captured in the Galileo crew's counterattack, but was killed by his superior officer to keep him from instructing the Americans in the Nazi moonship's operation.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Leo (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Waiter at Archibald Douglas' favorite restaurant.
("Let There Be Light")

Leonard (no last name)
Youngster who worked the streets finding recruits for Rachel's Raiders; also called Shorty. He brought Friday in to sign up.
(Friday)

Lerdki 'T Pug Easy
See Pug.
(Glory Road)

Anne Lermer
Bill Lermer's late mother.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Bill Lermer
Eagle Scout who emigrated to Ganymede with his father, stepmother, and stepsister. He helped organize scouting on the colony ship Mayflower, but on arriving at the colony he learned that organized scouting had preceded them; after some mutual resentment he joined a Ganymede troop. He worked as a farmhand for Johann Schultz while waiting for his own farm to be prepared from bare rock, then built the family farmhouse and fields with help from the Schultzes and fellow Scouts. He survived the quake that damaged the colony's power plant, and joined a survey team to find locations for new settlements. While on the expedition, he found nonhuman artifacts. Although after the quake and the death of his stepsister his parents were ready to return to Earth, he decided he belonged in the colony and would stay no matter what. (During the survey, for which he worked as cook, he earned the nickname "Doctor Slop".)
(Farmer in the Sky)

George Lermer
Bill Lermer's father, an engineer. After arriving on Ganymede and learning that the original colonists were woefully unprepared to accept the influx of new settlers, he took a job in Leda to support the family while Bill prepared the farm.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Leures (no first name)
Cyborg captain of the Lark.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lewis & Clark
1. Torchship involved in Project Lebensraum, to which Tom Bartlett and his uncle Steve Lucas were assigned. Several years ship's time after it began its journey, and several generations Earth time, it was intercepted by a faster-than-light ship and its crew returned to Earth; but it was their work, particularly the new physics developed from studies of telepathy, that made the faster-than-light technology possible. The crew called the ship "Elsie" (LC).
(Time for the Stars)
2. Hotel where Maureen Johnson and Brian Smith spent their wedding night.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lexington, Kentucky
Place where Manuel Garcia O'Kelly was arrested for bigamy, miscegenation, and "inciting public immorality" after describing and showing pictures of his [multi-racial] family. He found out much later that Stuart LaJoie had "planted" the questions that led to Mannie discussing his family, knowing that such a result would ensue and that Mannie's arrest would arouse outrage — and thus increase support for the Revolution — back home in the Moon.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Ley (no first name)
Scientist cited by Donald Cargraves as having calculated the chance of being hit by a meteor during a trip to the moon.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Leyburg
Lunar settlement, site of Diana's Playground.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Leyport
1. Rocket port near Luna City.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
2. Spaceport just outside Luna City.
(The Rolling Stones)

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

li
Unit of distance on Jubbul: "less that a li … no more than a half mile."
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Libby
Lazarus Long's trade ship, working the Blessed-Valhalla-Landfall route. (No doubt named after Andrew Jackson Libby.)
(Time Enough for Love)

Andrew Jackson Libby
1. The son of followers of the Prophet who refused to abandon their "faith" after the Interregnum's overthrow. He only accepted the Covenant after his father's death. Born in backwoods Tennessee, he joined the Cosmic Construction Corps, where he learned he was a mathematical genius in spite of his limited schooling.
("Misfit")
2. Later in life Andy Libby discovered he was a member of the Howard Families, and became known as "Slipstick Libby". He designed a star drive for use in the New Frontiers and later modified it for even faster travel. He was nominated Captain of the New Frontiers, but refused because he lacked the desire to command.
(Methuselah's Children)
3. After Lazarus mastered time travel, he went back to retrieve the body (the reason he couldn't find it "later"), and a clone was grown with Libby's personality implanted in it. The biotechnicians learned that Libby had been hermaphrodite, and after hypnotic interrogation made the clone female, named Elizabeth Andrew Jackson Libby Long.
(The Number of the Beast)
4. Lazarus Long mentions that they went exploring together and discovered a good many planets. Libby died during one trip. Lazarus put his body into orbit around a planet, but was unable to find it when he went back to fulfill his promise to bury him in the Ozarks on Earth.
(Time Enough for Love)

James Matthew Libby
Member of the Howard Families, Phyllis Briggs-Sperling's fourth husband. (Related to Andrew Jackson Libby?)
(Time Enough for Love)

Libby & Smith Real Estate
Business proposed by Hilda Burroughs to Lazarus Long as a subsidiary of Burroughs & Long, to rebuild solar systems and terraform planets.
(The Number of the Beast)

Libby-Sheffield Para-Drive
Faster-than-light drive that made possible the Great Diaspora. It was named after Andrew Jackson Libby and Aaron Sheffield (an alias of Lazarus Long).
(Time Enough for Love)

The Liberator (no other name)
The absolute dictator of the Free State within Coventry.
("Coventry")

liberty cap
Symbol borrowed from Earth's 18th-century French Revolution for the Lunar revolution. The slogan, "Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!" was also used.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Libya
Site of a pilot plant for extracting oxygen from the iron oxide in Martian sand. (Uncertain whether this is the African nation on Earth, or a Martian locale named after it.)
(The Red Planet)

Mabel Lichtenstein
Head of Project Lebensraum, a world-famous scientist. She oversaw Tom and Pat Bartlett's ESP tests, projecting a disarming manner so that they only learned later how important she was.
(Time for the Stars)

Alice Liddell
The real-life model for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. She was seen by Deety Burroughs and Zebadiah Carter following the White Rabbit down his hole.
(The Number of the Beast)

Life-Time, Inc.
[mentioned in passing] Publishing company that bought the rights for coverage of the first moon trip.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Life-Time-Space
[mentioned in passing] Communications outfit.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

lifewand
Martian weapon carried by all adults; no non-Martian may have one. John Joseph Bonforte was given one during his adoption ceremony.
(Double Star)

Lilybet (no last name)
Bus driver who operated the route from Lucky Dragon to Hong Kong Luna.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Abraham Lincoln
Leda Weemsby described him as a founder of America; Thorby Rudbek knew even less about him, but knew he had abolished slavery.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Lincoln Meadows
Site in the Chicago Imperium where Friday ended her travels from Ell-Five. It was probably the former site of Chicago, Illinois, or Gary, Indiana.
(Friday)

Lindsay (no first name)
Cadet road engineer.
("The Roads Must Roll")

line marriage
Polygamous custom evolved in Luna City. Spouses are opted in at fairly regular intervals (usually alternating sexes), so that the marriage/family never comes to an end. The arrangement is intended more to provide emotional and economic security for the children than sexual partners for the adults. Younger spouses are almost more "adopted" than married. Children marry outside the line marriage.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lines From the Beginning
The Ship's Holy Writ, a mythic version of the launching of the New Frontiers, the mutiny, and the subsequent evolution of Ship society.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Johnny Ling
Man who followed Don Harvey out of the New London bank, guiding him to a cheap restaurant (but sticking him with the bill). Ling tried and failed to sell Donn black market money, then to buy the ring Dudley Jefferson had given him.
(Between Planets)

Lingayats
[mentioned in passing] Group among whom Ben Foster had sent proselytizers.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Lingua Galacta
Common language of the human race; see Galacta. [Latin lingua, "tongue" or "language".]
(Time Enough for Love)

Linthicum (no first name)
Aggressive colonist who advocated starting a war with the Mars Company.
(The Red Planet)

Linwood Boulevard Methodist
Church that Maureen Johnson and Brian Smith attended in Kansas City before they bought their house and moved to a different neighborhood.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lippershey Field
Landing port at New Batavia.
(Double Star)

lippman
Term for reporter, used by Ben Caxton.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Sadie Lipschitz
Gwen Novak claimed this was her original name.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Lipski (no first name)
Owner of the Safe Landing, an acquaintance of Sam Anderson. He was nicknamed "Lippy."
(Starman Jones)

Little Abe
Ape used by the Section researchers as a puppet master host.
(The Puppet Masters)

Little America
[mentioned in passing] The Whitmanites settled there briefly but failed to establish themselves permanently.
(The Puppet Masters)

Little Buttercup
Relative of Sir Isaac Newton, an integrating chemist. Her human name is unusual in that most dragons adopt the name of a famous scientist, but hers is from a character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore.
(Between Planets)

Little David
Organization ship sent to Mars to activate the defense system that was developed on Venus. It was equipped with an experimental drive and artificial gravity. [The name was probably inspired by the Biblical tale of the shepherd boy David slaying the Philistine giant Goliath.]
(Between Planets)

Little David's Sling
Ballistic launcher built by LuNoHoCo, officially for grain shipments but actually to "throw rocks" at Earth during the Revolution.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Little People
1. Howard Families' name for the natives of the planet to which the Jockaira sent them, orbiting star PK3722. Completely telepathic, they had no spoken language and therefore no name for themselves. They also had no sense of individuality, and were shocked by the humans' "separateness". Experts at manipulating genetic structure, they "improved" a baby, and this led to the decision to leave the planet and return to Earth. Some, however, chose to stay even if it meant being absorbed into the Little People's group mind. Mary Sperling, in particular, chose this as a way of achieving "immortality".
(Methuselah's Children)
2. Human name for bipedal, amphibious natives of Venus. They were completely matriarchal-males were never seen, and male humans did best to pretend to be female when dealing with them-and lived in caverns under Venus' many lakes. They were gentle in character and brilliant scientists, but stubborn and ready to defend themselves.
(Space Cadet)

The Lives of Lazarus Long
His memoirs, as dictated for the Howard Foundation archives in Boondock. (The stories are recounted in Time Enough for Love.)
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Living Artifacts
A being that is genetically engineered to possess particular traits. Human-looking Living Artifacts were called Artificial People.
(Friday)

Living Spirit of Reason
Entity invoked by Hamilton Felix; quite possibly it served as a deity.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Lizzie
See Elizabeth Regina.
(Starman Jones)

Llador
[mentioned in passing] Planet that had a treaty with Earth. The natives are nonhuman in appearance. There was a hushed-up scandal when a member of the ambassador's family was found stuffed and mounted in a curiosity shop in the Virgin Islands.
(The Star Beast)

Loafer
Stallion owned by Ira Johnson.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Dr. Malcolm O. Loch
Pastor of the Church of the Divine Orgasm, by Alex Hergensheimer's guess a Presbyterian. (By inference from the name — Moloch — a manifestation of one of Lucifer's minions.)
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Lochiel of Cameron (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Scottish laird who donated four bagpipes and kilts to Camp Arthur Currie after his son was killed in training. [The traditional home of clan Cameron is Lochaber in the southwest Highlands. Their lands were joined with the barony of Lochiel in 1528.]
(Starship Troopers)

Lockheed
Manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages.
(Friday)

Lodge
Secret society within the Cabal. They repudiated all official connections between them and the Free United States after the Revolt. (Possibly a reference to the Society of Freemasons.)
("If This Goes On—")

Loewy
By inference, an engineering firm that worked in automation. Miles Gentry offered to hire its people away to help Daniel Boone Davis develop Flexible Frank.
(The Door Into Summer)

Baby Darling Logan (no other first name)
Younger son of Harriman executive Richard Logan, brought to the moon during his father's a business trip. He was older than the name implies, probably about five; he was obviously quite spoiled and used to getting his own way. During a guided tour on the lunar surface, he wandered away and got lost; his older brother Dick Logan eventually found him after other efforts failed.
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Dick Logan
Older son of a Harriman executive, and a Boy Scout. He visited the Moon with his family, and was the only one to appreciate the experience. When his younger brother wandered off during an "outside" tour, Dick found him after other efforts failed. There is an implication that he would return to the Moon when he grew up.
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Richard Logan
Businessman (Harriman executive) who visited Luna to consult with officials of the Harriman Trust, bringing his family with him.
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Mrs. Logan (no first name)
Woman who accompanied her husband to Luna for a business trip; she hated the experience except for the opportunity to wear scanty formal attire. She referred to herself as "Mother Dear".
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Loki
Margrethe Gunderson described him as the god not of mischief but of evil, and suspected him of being responsible for her and Alex Hergensheimer's ordeals. They eventually found out that he was causing the worldshifts as part of a bet he'd made with Yahweh to test the resolve of Yahweh's most faithful follower. Loki had manifested as Alec Graham to set up the situation into which Alex was cast, and was also Sam Crumpacker. He claimed to have won the bet, and also complained that Yahweh welshed on the payment.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Lombard (no first name)
City attorney of Westville.
(The Star Beast)

London Times
1. "Infidel" newspaper that John Lyle first read in the Cabal headquarters. It corrected many of his misconceptions about the outside world.
("If This Goes On—")
2. A reporter from this newspaper tried to reveal Larry Smith's impersonation of John Joseph Bonforte.
(Double Star)
3. [mentioned in passing] It published stories about the "lost" Advanced Survival students.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Lone Star Republic
Independent government during Friday, which included the state of Texas and probably extended beyond the original Texan border.
(Friday)

Lonesome Cowboy Steak House
Restaurant that turned into Vivian's Grill, in another shift to a new world, before Alex Hergensheimer could collect his wages for washing dishes.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Andrew Jackson Long
[mentioned in passing] Child in the Lazarus Long household on Tertius.
(Time Enough for Love)

Elf Long
[mentioned in passing] Child in the Lazarus Long household on Tertius.
(Time Enough for Love)

Elizabeth (Libby) Long
1. A passenger on the Dora when she picked up the crew of the Gay Deceiver. (See Andrew Jackson Libby.) She and Deety Burroughs resembled each other enough to be twins.
(The Number of the Beast)
2. Estrellita and José Long's second child. She married Lazarus Long's son George Sheffield and changed her name to Estelle Elizabeth Sheffield-Long.
(Time Enough for Love)

Estrellita and José Long
Slaves auctioned on Blessing as "mirror twins", made from the same zygote but each from different genetic material within it. Lazarus Long bought them intending to free them immediately, but ended up "adopting" them instead, teaching them how to survive on their own and ultimately setting them up in a restaurant on Landfall. Their technical sibling relationship notwithstanding, they married and had several children. Noting that they aged very slowly, Lazarus claimed that they might be his great-great-grandchildren. Estrellita was called Estelle on Landfall, and was also known as 'Llita ("yeeta"). José was also called Joe or Josie. They used the names Josef and Stjerne Lang while on Valhalla.
(Time Enough for Love)

Gillian Boardman Long
See Gillian Boardman.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Ishtar Long
Daughter of Tamara Sperling Long, probably the same person as Ishtar Hardy.

Joseph Aaron Long
Son of Estrellita and José Long, usually called J.A. or Jay Aaron. He married Lazarus Long's daughter Pattycake Sheffield.
(Time Enough for Love)

Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee Long
1. Lazarus Long's twins, produced by cross-sex cloning and brought to term in human host mothers Hamadryad Weatheral and Ishtar Hardy. They bore a strong physical and personality resemblance to Lazarus. When he made his trip back in time, he gave them co-captaincy of the Dora.
(Time Enough for Love)
2. Also seen in Number of the Beast. Lazarus frequently referred to them simply as "Ellandell".

Laura Long
Estrellita and José Long's third child.
(Time Enough for Love)

Lazarus Long
1. Oldest surviving member of the Howard Families. He was born Woodrow Wilson Smith, but preferred to use the name he adopted during the Interregnum. Although considered an atavism by some other Howard Family members, he was respected for his seniority and his obvious survival skills, and was the moving force behind obtaining the New Frontiers. He was also influential in persuading the Families to return to Earth, though he himself chose, once there, to return to exploring space.
(Methuselah's Children)
2. Oldest member of the human race as of 4272 Gregorian. He was rejuvenated against his will by the Howard clinic on Secundus, but accepted the action when promised that "something new" would be found to revive his interest in life; that something became a trip to his childhood home in 1916. In his life to that point he had done nearly everything there was to do, under numerous aliases: "Happy" Daze, manager of a bordello on early 21st century Mars; Ernest Gibbons, banker and owner of the general store on New Beginnings (also part-owner of the transport ship that brought colonists in); Dr. Lafayette (Lafe) Hubert, physician on Ormuzd, where he was called "Dr. Genocide" for advocating that genetic defectives be encouraged not to reproduce (this alias is also mentioned in Number of the Beast); Mr. Justice Lenox; Aaron Sheffield, the name he used when he bought a transport for carrying the Howard Families to the New Frontiers, when he adopted Estrellita and José Long, and probably during numerous other occasions in his role as spaceship pilot; Bill "Woodie" Smith, under which he married and went homesteading with Dora Brandon (a rare occasion when he used his birth name); Ted Bronson, by which he introduced himself to his grandfather and other family members when he travelled back to 1916 Kansas City (he also used "Red" Jenkins very briefly). Besides reminiscing about these various lives, he aided Ira Weatheral in retiring from the chairmanship pro tem of the Howard Foundation and establishing a colony on Tertius, where a group marriage/family was formed that took the name Long in his honor.
(Time Enough for Love)
3. He introduced himself to the crew of the Gay Deceiver as Aaron Sheffield, but was recognized immediately by Hilda Burroughs. He persuaded them to help rescue his mother from a fatal traffic accident and bring her to Tertius for rejuvenation. He later organized and hosted the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)
4. Using the alias Ted Bronson, he traveled back in time to Kansas City, Missouri, meeting his own family and eventually revealing himself as a time traveler (though not revealing his real identity).
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Maureen Johnson Long
See Maureen Johnson.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Minerva Long
1. A clone for whom each set of chromosomes came from a different parent, for optimum physical and mental characteristics. The body was imprinted with the personality and most of the memories of Ira Weatheral's computer Minerva, and she had chosen the physical appearance to most closely resemble Lazarus Long's description of Dora Brandon.
(Time Enough for Love)
2. Her full name is given as Dr. Minerva Long Weatheral Long.
(The Number of the Beast)

Tamara Long
Sister wife of Maureen Johnson and mother of Ishtar Long (probably the same person as Ishtar Hardy). She is a descendant of Eleanor Weatheral. (She is called Tamara Sperling in Time Enough for Love.)
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Undine Long
Courier who delivered Jubal Harshaw's invitation to the Interuniverse Society conference; no doubt a member of Lazarus Long's household.
(The Number of the Beast)

Wyoming Long
Daughter of Hazel Stone (probably named after Wyoming Knott of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress). She was presumably born after Hazel joined the Tellus Tertius colony, and was therefore a half-sister of Roger Stone from The Rolling Stones.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Long Arm (no other name)
A mutie by birthplace and definition, although human in appearance. He was a member of Joe-Jim Gregory's gang who helped rescue Hugh Hoyland from being executed for heresy.
(Orphans of the Sky)

R. A. Long Building
Site in Kansas City of the Chapman, Bowles and Finnegan offices.
(Time Enough for Love)

Long Range Foundation
Research and investment nonprofit corporation dedicated to supporting expensive projects that had no hope of short-term payoffs: for example, space travel and weather control. It sponsored Project Lebensraum.
(Time for the Stars)

Long Sleep
Popular name for cryogenic suspension.
(The Door Into Summer)

"The Long Watch"
Anthem of the Interplanetary Patrol. [In "The Long Watch", the anthem is "Landing Orbit". Possibly it was changed in honor of John Ezra Dahlquist's sacrifice.]
(Space Cadet)

Longcourt Phyllis
Woman chosen by Mordan Claude as the most perfect genetic mate for Hamilton Felix; a practicing psycho-pediatrician. Although he initially resisted, she and Felix were married, and they had two children.
(Beyond This Horizon)

longhorse
Oscar Gordon's name for the riding beasts of Nevia. They vaguely resembled Earth horses but had eight legs and pads, not hooves.
(Glory Road)

Lookout Hill
Hill in Mazatlán visible from Icebox Hill. In Spanish, Cerro Vigia.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Widow Loomis (no first name)
Switchboard operator in Thebes, Missouri; the switchboard was in her parlor.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Loonies
Name for residents of the lunar colonies, commonly used among themselves but almost certainly an insult if used by anyone else.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

loper
Six-legged predator on New Beginnings. They will attack mules, but the mules usually win. They are edible though not very palatable to humans.
(Time Enough for Love)

Jaime Lopez
Second officer aboard the Forward.
(Friday)

Lopez (no first name)
1. Guard stationed at the Moon Base Armory, whom John Dahlquist fought to get to the bomb storage.
("The Long Watch")
2. Matt Dodson's squad leader aboard the James Randolph.
(Space Cadet)
3. (Mrs.) One of Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's granddaughters (either Marla or Elinor), involved in the suit to declare him legally dead after the brain transplant.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Lord Fauntleroy
Ape used to test nine-day fever as a weapon against the puppet masters.
(The Puppet Masters)

Lord Nelson
The Davidson family sheepdog, an enhanced (talking) collie.
(Friday)

Lord of Nonsense
Leading role in an annual pageant enjoyed by the servants of the Chosen. Hugh Farnham was given the role parodying the Lord Protector, enabling him to steal a wig and makeup for an eventual escape attempt.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Lord Protector
Steward of the Noonday Region, who discovered the Farnham family on his land and "adopted" them as servants. His personal name was Ponse.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Los Angeles Daily News
Newspaper mentioned by Mary Lou Martin.
("Let There Be Light")

Los Angeles-Oklahoma Roadcity
Population center 100 miles north of the Paradise, Arizona, atomic plant.
("Blowups Happen")

Losian
Port of call for the Sisu after Thorby Rudbek's adoption. It was inhabited by nonhumans that resembled large insects, but were intelligent and friendly. Their customs forbade trading, so their business with the Free Traders involved an elaborate ritual of exchanging "gifts" until the exchange was made to mutual satisfaction.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Lost Comet
Popular game featured in Diana's Playground.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Lotarf
[mentioned in passing] Planet notorious for the amount of dickering needed to settle a purchase price.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

H. P. Lovecraft
[mentioned in passing] His creation got only Zebadiah Carter's vote for Favorite Universe.
(The Number of the Beast)

Lowtown
Riverfront section of Vicksburg, which Friday frequented while looking for mercenary assignments that would take her into the Chicago Imperium.
(Friday)

Lowell Academy
1. Boarding school provided for the sons of colonists. It was turned into a military academy by Marquis Howe. Migrating colonists took refuge in the school when their travel was halted by Mars Company representatives.
(The Red Planet)
2. Mentioned in passing.
(Podkayne of Mars)

L-Press
Company that published a book of Robert Browning's poems owned by Joe-Jim Gregory.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Lu (no other name)
[mentioned in passing] Chairman of China and its satellites, unspecified whether past or present. He published "Thoughts of Chairman Lu".
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Stephen Lucas
Tom and Pat Bartlett's maternal uncle. He was a spacer promoted to a position in the Chief of Staff's office, then assigned to the Lewis & Clark with a rank of major as commander of the ship's security squad. He was killed in an attack by Elysia's natives.
(Time for the Stars)

Lucas (no first name)
1. Commander of the Cabal forces in New Orleans during the revolt against the Prophet.
("If This Goes On—")
2. [mentioned in passing] Tom and Pat Bartlett's maternal great-grandfather.
(Time for the Stars)

Lucifer
1. The name the Prince of Hell preferred for himself. As Jerry Farnsworth, he befriended Alex Hergensheimer, and later he helped him regain Margrethe Gunderson after they had been separated by the Rapture.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
2. Name given to the pulverized planet that is now the Asteroid Belt.
(The Rolling Stones)
3. The planet from which the Asteroid Belt was formed. Planetologists concluded that the planet had been inhabited, and speculated that the inhabitants had blown themselves up.
(Space Cadet)

Lucky Dragon Pressure
Settlement near Hong Kong Luna.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Lucky Starr
[mentioned in passing] Horse that matched one of Oscar Gordon's Irish Sweepstakes tickets.
(Glory Road)

Lucretia Learns About Life
[mentioned in passing] Program that Sam Cavanaugh encountered while searching the stereo from newscasts from Zone Red.
(The Puppet Masters)

Luke (no last name)
Head cook and Alex Hergensheimer's nominal boss in Ron's Grill; Alex describes him as "a giant blackamoor". Alex found him in Heaven, running a lunch counter.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Lummox
Alien creature brought home by the explorer John Thomas Stuart VIII as a pet, and inherited by his descendants. "He" was eight-legged but armless, with a distressing tendency to grow larger after ingesting ferrous materials, and possessing human speech. Lummox was discovered to be the "Infanta" of the Hroshii, 213th of her line, heiress to the matriarchy of the Seven Suns. Her presence on Earth nearly caused a major diplomatic crisis because she refused to leave. It was solved only when her current "owner", John Thomas Stuart XI, was able to accompany her home so that she could continue "raising John Thomases". (John Thomas VIII called "him" Cuddlepuppy.)
(The Star Beast)

Luna
Name used for the moon, as colonized by humans, in most of Heinlein's novels and stories. Rarely do characters refer to "the moon" if it's inhabited.

In To Sail Beyond the Sunset, each major time line is code-named for the first person to walk on the moon: one, Captain John Carter of Virginia [Edgar Rice Burroughs' stories]; two, Leslie LeCroix [Heinlein's Future History stories]; three, Neil Armstrong [Stranger in a Strange Land]; four, Ballox O'Malley [?]; five, Skylark DuQuesne [E.E. Smith's stories]; six, Neil Armstrong [I Will Fear No Evil?].

Luna Association, D'Echecs
[mentioned in passing] The Warden speculated that Adam Selene was a member. [French échecs, "chess".]
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luna City
City built under the Moon's surface, including not only habitations but farms and other necessities, plus a varied cultural life. It is featured or at least mentioned in "The Black Pits of Luna", The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, "Gentlemen, Be Seated!", "The Green Hills of Earth", Have Spacesuit-Will Travel, I Will Fear No Evil, "It's Great to Be Back!", "The Man Who Sold the Moon" (name proposed by D. D. Harriman), The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (this book contains the most detailed descriptions), "The Menace from Earth" (this story also includes many details), Orphans of the Sky (L-Press has a branch there), "Requiem", The Rolling Stones, Time Enough for Love ("Noisy" Rhysling performed there), and To Sail Beyond the Sunset (according to Maureen Johnson, it was founded by D. D. Harriman). The society of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is much more anarchistic, being founded as a penal colony, than portrayed elsewhere, but otherwise details given in the various stories are consistent with one another.

Luna City Athletic Club
[mentioned in passing] The Warden speculated that Adam Selene exercised there on his lunch hour.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luna City Chess Club
[mentioned in passing] The Warden speculated that Adam Selene was a member.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luna City Community Association
Administrative association for residents of the colony.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")

Luna City Co-Op Comm Company
Communications network apparently controlled by Lunar Authority.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luna City Council
Governing body in Luna City, probably a puppet of the Lunar Authority.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luna City High School
[mentioned in passing] Meade Stone's alma mater.
(The Rolling Stones)

Luna City Recreations
Company in which D. D. Harriman owned stock. He ordered it sold to finance his Moon trip.
("Requiem")

Luna City Technical
Educational institute in Luna, apparently college-level. Its students often called it City Tech.
(The Rolling Stones)

Luna Link
Teleportation Gate on Luna that linked Earth with other planets.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Luna Pilot
[mentioned in passing] Radar and doppler station at Leyport.
(The Rolling Stones)

Lunar Authority
Governing body of the lunar penal colonies. Among other things, it set prices for items exported to Earth. It was generally considered by lunar residents to be despotic and unresponsive to conditions in the colonies.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lunar Authority Complex
Seat of government for the lunar penal colonies, apparently isolated from the rest of the settlement with separate airlocks and life support systems. It was the location of Mike's central processors.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lunar Base
[mentioned in passing] Military settlement.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Lunar Biological Labs
[mentioned in passing] Lunar corporation.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")

Lunar Commission
Colonization organization. It was operated the Interstellar Advisory Subcommittee that made the first attempt at interstellar flight, choosing Tau Ceti over Alpha Centauri for the destination.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Lunar Enterprises, Ltd.
Company in which Winifred Coburn Brant was a major investor. Valentine Michael Smith inherited the resulting fortune.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Lunar Expedition Number One
See First Lunar Expedition.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Lunar Exploitations
Harriman-owned mining company for which Jake Pemberton had worked.
("Space Jockey")

Lunar Republic
[mentioned in passing] Its Chief of Delegation was present at the conference between Valentine Michael Smith and the Federation.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Lunatic
1. Name used among Lunar citizens for themselves, but an insult when used by anyone else.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
2. Name that D. D. Harriman bestowed upon the ship that took him to the Moon.
("Requiem")

Lunaya Pravda
1. Luna City newspaper.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
2. It is implied that Hazel Stone is covering the Interuniverse Society conference for them.
(The Number of the Beast)

Lundy (no first name)
Computerman in the Asgard.
(Starman Jones)

LuNoHoCo
Company set up as a front for Revolutionary activities. Its main offices were in Hong Kong Luna; it had branches in Novy Leningrad and Luna City and employed hundreds of people. It was mostly an engineering and exploitation firm engaged in many ventures; its prime purpose was construction of a catapult to be used in the bombardment of Earth to persuade the government to acknowledge Luna's independence. Messages to Stuart LaJoie were transmitted via his stockbroker in reports on LuNoHoCo's business.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Luter (no first name)
Senior gunnery sergeant aboard the Hydra.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Lux Transcriptions, Ltd.
1. "Noisy" Rhysling's publisher, presumably also the literary executor. They had offices in London and Luna City.
("The Green Hills of Earth")
2. [mentioned in passing] Publisher of The Romance of Modern Astrography.
(Orphans of the Sky)

John Lyle
Member of the Prophet's personal guard who fell in love with a Holy Virgin, Judith, and joined the Cabal to help her escape from the Prophet's service. He was eventually sent to the Cabal headquarters, progressing quickly from legate to the commanding officer's personal aide, ending with the rank of Colonel. He held a key role in the overthrow of the Prophet. After learning that Judith had married someone else, he married Magdalene Andrews.
("If This Goes On—")

Lyle (no last name)
Settler in Happy Valley who married Lazarus Long's daughter Marjie Smith.
(Time Enough for Love)

Lyle County
Missouri county in which the town of Thebes is located; Maureen Johnson's birthplace.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lyle County Leader
Newspaper published in Thebes, Missouri.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Lyle Drive
Space ship drive designed by Mary Jane Lyle Smith. It made it possible to travel from Earth to Mars in just 19 days.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Marie Lyons
Civil servant living in Lunar Authority Complex who was raped and murdered by Peace Dragoons. The incident set off riots in Luna City, a massacre of the Dragoons, and ultimately the overthrow of Lunar Authority.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lysistrata Corps
Female gunnery squad organized to improve morale for male gunners.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Lysistrata Goes to Town
[mentioned in passing] Film shown on Space Station One, relayed up from New York.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

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