N - Heinlein Concordance

A Heinlein Concordance

created by M. E. Cowan

Robert A Heinlein

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 presented by the Heinlein Society

Nadi (no other name): Member of the Federation's ruling council.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Naidi (no first name): Member of Silva's platoon. He was killed in Operation Royalty.; (Starship Troopers)
Nairobi Hilton: Hotel recommended to Friday by the customs agent at Kenya Beanstalk. It blew up just after Friday left after using the travel terminal there.; (Friday)
Nalia (no last name): Pastry cook in the Doral's household, with whom Rufo spent the night.; (Glory Road)
Name of the Egg: Common oath. What the "Egg" represents is not explained.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Name of Uncle: Oath used by servants of the Chosen. (For Uncle the Mighty, the chief deity of the Chosen.); (Farnham's Freehold)
Herr Nameless (no other name): Richard Ames' name for the man who approached him in Rainbow's End about having someone killed. He himself was killed after showing Ames his I.D. but before explaining anything further. At the time the killer was unidentified, but later Gwen Novak admitted to having done the deed.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Nancy Lee: Imaginary boat Oscar Gordon mentioned in listing his fantasies after realizing he didn't want to go back to school.; (Glory Road)
nanny: [mentioned in passing] Machine marketed by Aladdin Autoengineering Corporation.; (The Door Into Summer)
Napoleon: Orangutan used by the Section as a puppet master host.; (The Puppet Masters)
Phineas Narby: Executive assistant to the Ship's Captain, with the rank of Commander. He attained his position after a mysterious accident to his predecessor. He saw himself as the logical successor to the Captain, originally planning to assassinate him "for the good of the ship". Narby considered himself a rationalist and skeptic. He accepted the muties' help in return for supporting the plan to move the Ship — but once his power was assured he betrayed his allies and slaughtered them.; (Orphans of the Sky)
Narcotol: [mentioned in passing] A brand of tranquilizer, presumably over-the-counter.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Nashville, Tennessee: Site of a temple of Mota. A PanAsian bomb intended for the temple wrecked a nearby city district.; (The Day After Tomorrow)
Nastyface (no other name): Alex Hergensheimer's name for the thug who came to the Konge Knut to relieve him of Alec Graham's million dollars; his real name is not given.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
National City Bank: [mentioned in passing] Financial institution in Luna City.; ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
national dollars: Money printed by the Free Luna government, worth about as much as the paper it was printed on.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
National Rare Blood Club: Both Johann Sebastian Bach Smith and Eunice Branca were members, blood type AB-negative. Smith proposed finding potential body donors through the club.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Nature of the Physical World: [mentioned in passing] Book by Eddington included in the Galileo Marching-and-Chowder Society clubhouse library.; (Rocket Ship Galileo)
Nautilus: 1. Interplanetary ship that ran between Earth and Venus. Don Harvey took it to Venus after Circum-Terra was invaded and destroyed, and the ship to Mars was "appropriated" by Venusians.; (Between Planets); 2. Torchship in Project Lebensraum.; (Time for the Stars)
Naval Research Laboratory: [mentioned in passing] Site of early hypothermia experiments that led to "cold sleep" becoming common. Cats were used in the first experiments.; (The Door Into Summer)
Navarre (no first name): Trooper aboard the Tours who was assigned to checking suits.; (Starship Troopers)
Neap Tide: Shuttle that operated between Circum-Terra and Luna, sister ship of the Spring Tide.; (Between Planets)
Nebbi (no other name): Comparative linguisto-historo-political culturologist and insufferable snob. Oscar Gordon met him on Center and endured his belittling remarks about Earth.; (Glory Road)
Ned (no last name): 1. Collaborator in a test of Bill Lermer's psychological fitness to be a colonist. Bill was needled and subjected to various annoyances to determine is self-control and "flash point."; (Farmer in the Sky); 2. Jake Salomon's aide.; (I Will Fear No Evil); 3. [mentioned in passing] Chuck Perkins' horse.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
needlebeam: Common sidearm, presumably similar to a laser.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Neilsday: Holiday on Landfall. [Considering that the port city is New Canaveral, it is most likely named after Neil Armstrong.]; (Time Enough for Love)
Arthur (Waxie) Neilsen: Teller University student, a resident of Cowpertown put in charge of metalsmithing and engineering.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Sven Nelson: Attending physician for Valentine Michael Smith aboard the Champion. He resigned from the duty at Bethesda Medical Center after Joseph Douglas insisted on interrogating Mike. He became a member of the Church of All Worlds.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Nelson (no first name): 1. [mentioned in passing] Scientist who researched "symbiotics".; (Methuselah's Children); 2. Scientist with the rank of lieutenant who sponsored Hugh Hoyland for scientist's training and taught him the Sacred Doctrine. He was massacred during the mutiny that made Phineas Narby the Captain.; (Orphans of the Sky); 3. Clerk aboard the Asgard.; (Starman Jones)
neodexocaine: Cocaine derivative used to interrogate subjects or to keep subjects docile. The massive dose given to John Joseph Bonforte by his kidnappers caused permanent brain damage.; (Double Star)
neodog: See caleb.; (Starship Troopers)
Neo-Ortega-Martin: Gene selection technique used to ensure that parents gave birth to the best possible baby.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Nepal: Independent government (i.e., not governed by China).; (Friday)
Nero's Heroes and Zeroes: Society (by inference homosexual) mentioned by Pat in offering Alex Hergensheimer his choice of decadence.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
nest: 1. Martian community. On Earth, the term was applied to Valentine Michael Smith's household of people who strove for enlightenment through studying the Martian language.; (Stranger in a Strange Land); 2. A Martian community.; (Double Star)
Never-Born: The creature that guarded the Egg of the Phoenix in Mile-High Tower, also called the Eater of Souls.; (Glory Road)
Never-Never Land: Lazarus Long's name for the planet orbiting PK3722, where the Little People lived.; (Methuselah's Children)
Nevia: World that has almost the only Gates to Karth-Hokesh. It is thus important to the Twenty Universes, but Nevia has no interest in the outside world. The people are generally friendly to outsiders, but the animal life is extremely hostile and dangerous. Oscar Gordon, Star, and Rufo traversed its lands to reach the Gate. Star taught Oscar its language, "rich in profanity and words for making love".; (Glory Road)
New Age Hotel: Hotel where Joe Briggs was persuaded to stay by one of Mrs. Keithley's agents.; ("Gulf")
New America: Jurisdiction within Coventry. Nominally a democracy, its government was corrupt. It allied with the Free State to try to break out of Coventry and invade the United States.; ("Coventry")
New Ark: Colony ship traveling between Earth and Ganymede.; (Farmer in the Sky)
New Auckland: 1. Human colony at Venus' south pole.; ("Logic of Empire"); 2. Human settlement on Venus; possibly Oscar Jensen's hometown.; (Space Cadet)
New Batavia: Lunar settlement and seat of the Imperial government.; (Double Star)
New Beginnings: Planet apparently discovered and mapped by Lazarus Long and Andrew Jackson Libby. Lazarus founded a colony and settled there, using the name Ernest Gibbons. He also founded the New Beginnings Bank of Commerce, a general store, and a homestead far from the original town. Some years after the founding, he returned as a colonist, using the name Bill "Woody" Smith.; (Time Enough for Love)
New Bolivar: [mentioned in passing] South American city near the Orinoco River, which suffered from an overabundance of credit.; (Beyond This Horizon)
New Brisbane: Main settlement on Botany Bay.; (Friday)
New Brooklyn: Site of the Northside launching platform, apparently near the former site of New York City (by inference destroyed by an atomic explosion).; (The Puppet Masters)
New Canaan: Prime emigration planet, described as "The rose without thorns".; (Tunnel in the Sky)
New Canaveral: Port city on Landfall.; (Time Enough for Love)
New Chicago: City built near the ruins of Chicago, which by implication was destroyed by an atomic blast. A spaceport was located there.; (Between Planets)
New Chicago News: Newspaper provided as a courtesy to guests of the Hilton Caravansary.; (Between Planets)
New Crusade: Nehemiah Scudder's campaign that founded the Interregnum.; ("If This Goes On—", Methuselah's Children)
New Earth: See Beulahland.; (The Number of the Beast)
New Finlandia: Planet of registration for Sisu; also called Shiva III.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
New Frontiers: Starship that was built in Earth-Luna orbit, taken by the Howard Families for their exile. Designed for a colony of 20,000, it had cold sleep compartments added by the Families to accommodate their population of 100,000.; (Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love)
New Globe Theater: Acting sessions performed by Lazarus Long's children in his New Beginnings homestead.; (Time Enough for Love)
The New Golden Bough: [mentioned in passing] Published in New Rome, presumably an anthropology text that updated Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough.; (Time Enough for Love)
New Grand Avenue Temple: Fosterite church where the bishop preached against "upstart heretics", i.e. the Church of All Worlds.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
New Hansea: Free Trader ship named after a lost ship, the Hansea.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
New Humanist: [mentioned in passing] Jubal Harshaw made a contribution to help send missionaries to the Martians, in the name of this publication's editor.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
New India Times: Newspaper that ran an editorial on Luna's claim to independence, stressing the importance of continuing grain shipments.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
New Jerusalem: 1. Capital of the Interregnum, location unspecified.; ("If This Goes On—", Methuselah's Children); 2. Heaven, the Holy City, Yahweh's capital. The souls taken up in the Rapture were brought here.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
New Joburg: Mining camp in the asteroid belt, working Reynolds #2. (New Johannesburg, named after the South African city?); (The Rolling Stones)
New Liverpool: Maureen Johnson's destination, 1950 in time line two.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
New London: Capital of Venus; where passengers from the Nautilus were landed. Its institutions included the New London Times and the New London Trust & Investment Company (originally the Bank of America and Hong Kong, renamed after independence was declared).; (Between Planets)
New London Trust and Investment Company: After Venus declared its independence, the name of the former Bank of America and Hong Kong.; (Between Planets)
New Mars: See Gamma Leonis VI(b).; (Starman Jones)
New Mayflower: Hotel in the Washington, D.C., area.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
New Melbourne: [mentioned in passing] Spaceport on Woolamurra.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
New Men: Genetically superior humans, whose main feature was advanced intellectual ability. Hartley Baldwin believed that once they consciously interbred they were destined to be the next step in human evolution, and organized those whom he identified as New Men into a society devoted to keeping the race from extinction through its own violence.; ("Gulf")
New Moon: Shuttle that took Matt Dodson back to Terra Station after his first leave back home.; (Space Cadet)
New Paris: [mentioned in passing] Site of a speech by John Joseph Bonforte. Its location is not mentioned.; (Double Star)
New Pegasi: The human name for Halcyon's sun.; (Starman Jones)
New Philadelphia: Apparently the site of the new Section headquarters after the puppet masters learned the old location; it was itself infested with puppet masters. (By implication, the original city of Philadelphia was destroyed during an atomic war.); (The Puppet Masters)
New Pittsburgh: Settlement on New Beginnings.; (Time Enough for Love)
New Raffles Hotel: [mentioned in passing] Singapore residence of Zebulon Carter.; (The Number of the Beast)
New Rome: Capital of Secundus.; (Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast)
New Russia: The Gay Deceiver crew's name for the area on Barsoom where the ship landed; it was controlled by Russian colonists and military officers. (Also called Russian Valley.); (The Number of the Beast)
New Shanghai: 1. [mentioned in passing] Extraterrestrial city, exact location not given; possibly in the Asteroid Belt.; ("The Green Hills of Earth"); 2. City near the Mars equator. It was not truly a colony, being occupied by employees of the Mars Company.; (The Red Planet)
New Toowoomba: Botany Bay settlement in which Friday became a Girl Scout troop mistress.; (Friday)
New Washington: Location of the Department's headquarters.; ("Gulf")
New Ways of War: [mentioned in passing] Book by Tom Wintringham stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.; (Farnham's Freehold)
New World Casualty, LTD: Mr. Ito's insurance company, which sued John Thomas Stuart on his behalf for damages done by Lummox.; (The Star Beast)
New World Networks (NWNW): Broadcasting company that followed the career of Valentine Michael Smith. It may have been owned by the Fosterite Church.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
New York Times: 1. The newspaper Samuel Russell most preferred to read.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel); 2. Paper that Allan MacRae ordered with breakfast at the Commodore.; ("'It's Great to Be Back!'"); 3. The newspaper ran an editorial describing John Dahlquist's return home after his death.; ("The Long Watch"); 4. Newspaper in which Lazarus Long, back in 1917, read the text of the United States declaration of war.; (Time Enough for Love)
New Yorker: [mentioned in passing] Magazine for which Jubal Harshaw wrote poetry.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
New Zion: Whitmanite colony on Venus, which had been invaded by puppet masters. The invaders and colonists both were decimated by nine-day fever; Mary Cavanaugh was the only survivor.; (The Puppet Masters)
Simon Newcomb: [mentioned in passing] Professor in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld who devised a mathematical proof that "flying machines" were impossible.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Newton: [mentioned in passing] Old passenger liner whose former purser became Port Captain for HyperSpace Lines.; (Friday)
Sir Isaac Newton: See Sir Isaac Newton.; (Between Planets, The Number of the Beast)
N'gam (no first name): Second lieutenant, 3rd Platoon commander of C Company aboard the Tours.; (Starship Troopers)
N'gangi (no first name): Terran Hegemony Guard captain, skipper of the Ariel.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
J. C. Nichols Company: [mentioned in passing] Competitor of Harriman & Strong.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Finn Nielsen: Chairman of the Stilyagi Hall protest meeting. he became a member of the Free Luna revolutionary government cabinet, and commander of the Armed Forces. He was a member of Bernardo de la Paz's cell; his party name was "Cornwall".; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Nielsen (no first name): Ship's officer and excursion guide who took Alex Hergensheimer's belongings back to the ship after his firewalk.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Nielssen (no first name): Commandant of Officer Candidate School. He had a permanent rank of general but took the temporary rank of colonel to allow him to command the school.; (Starship Troopers)
Nietzche: Name bestowed on the cat that lived on Jubal Harshaw's estate.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
"The Night the Rain Stopped": Bawdy song popular among Venus contract laborers.; ("Logic of Empire")
"Nightfall": The story by Isaac Asimov was unanimously voted a Favorite Universe by the crew of the Gay Deceiver. The universe filled with blinding lights that they visited may have been this one.; (The Number of the Beast)
Nighthawk: [mentioned in passing] Lensman Smith's patrol craft. [From E. E. Smith's series.]; (The Number of the Beast)
nightwalkers: [mentioned in passing] Richard Ames' name for illegal inhabitants of orbiting habitats; lacking the documentation to support themselves by legal means, they inevitably became criminals. He suspected that they were spaced when caught by Golden Rule management.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Niña: Torchship in Project Lebensraum.; (Time for the Stars)
Nine Worlds: Empire, distant from the Terran Hegemony, ruled by the Great Sargon. It was involved in the slave trade.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
nineday: A "week" on Jubbul.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
nine-day fever: A Venerian disease fatal to nearly all humans, but even more quickly fatal to puppet masters. It was used to destroy the puppet masters after a cure was developed for humans.; (The Puppet Masters)
Andrew Nivens: The head of the Section. (This name is never used explicitly in the book, but the President calls him "Andrew", and his son's real surname is Nivens.) He used the alias "Charles M. Cavanaugh" while investigating the saucer landing, and is usually called simply "the Old Man" by his employees.; (The Puppet Masters)
Elihu Nivens: Real name of Sam Cavanaugh.; (The Puppet Masters)
PRS Nobel: Ship to which Matt Dodson was assigned as assistant astrogator during a routine patrol of bomb-rockets orbiting Earth.; (Space Cadet)
Nod: Code name for a regional headquarters of the Cabal.; ("If This Goes On—")
Nogales, Arizona: City to which Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson were taken by refugee train after the Mazatlán earthquake, in a different universe than the Mazatlán in which they were indentured. They worked there for several weeks, but just as they were becoming solvent they were shifted to a new universe.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Nogales Commercial and Savings Bank: Bank with which Ron Cowgirl did business; Alex Hergensheimer's paycheck was drawn on it.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Noguchi (no other name): Computerman in the Asgard.; (Starman Jones)
"Noisy": See "Noisy" Rhysling.; ("The Green Hills of Earth")
Nome, Alaska: [mentioned in passing] Site of Army cryonic storage.; (The Door Into Summer)
Non Sibi, Sed Dei: Motto of the Angels of the Lord. [Latin, "Not for themselves, but for God."]; ("If This Goes On—")
Nonintercourse Act: United States legislation that prohibited contact with Asia by Americans. The members of the Citadel speculated that the resulting ignorance aided the PanAsians in building up the resources undetected for invading North America.; (The Day After Tomorrow)
Noonday Region: Area of the future Earth in which the Farnhams found themselves after an atomic war. It was roughly located where Colorado was.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Norbert Wiener: Free Trader Commodore's flagship.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Norfolk Plantation: Site near Windsor City.; (The Number of the Beast)
Normandy Beach: Federation troop transport, part of the battalion commanded by Major Xera, and sister ship of the Tours.; (Starship Troopers)
North African Confederacy: Member of the Federation during the time of the Interregnum.; ("If This Goes On—")
North American Airlines: Airship company in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld, which owned the dirigible Count von Zeppelin.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
North American Atomics: Donald Cargraves' former employer. He quit to pursue his own research.; (Rocket Ship Galileo)
North American Directorate: The United States was a unit within the Directorate, but apparently clung to its own identity.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
North American Union: 1. The government in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld was dominated by religious interests. The NAU has only 46 states. In Alex's history, William Jennings Bryan became President in 1896. (See also Churches United for Decency.); (Job: A Comedy of Justice); 2. Government unit within the Federation.; (Space Cadet)
North Atlantic Mutual Insurance and Liability Company: Company that advertised insurance policies for losses incurred on the Moon.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
North Star Protectorate: Area inhabited by the Chosen, location unspecified.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Northside: Site of a launching platform and spaceport near Section headquarters.; (The Puppet Masters)
Northwest Colony: Enclave founded by people who resisted the attempt to genetically eliminate violent tendencies. There was eventually a war between them and the outside world. (Also called the Northwest Union.); (Beyond This Horizon)
Norwalk Copter Service: Company that operated in the town near Josephine MacRae's family farm. The owner refused service to her and Allan after they hired outsiders to repair their plumbing.; ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
No-Sparrow-Shall-Fall News: Official news agency of the Prophet.; ("If This Goes On—")
Nova Effect: Apparently a method of effecting total mass conversion to energy; the target is turned into a "nova". Hartley Baldwin developed it while trying to prove it was impossible. The plans were acquired by Mrs. Keithley in spite of Baldwin's attempts to confiscate and destroy them, and used to blackmail the Earth governments. Her plot was foiled, but there is no indication whether the Nova Effect itself was destroyed along with all information on it.; ("Gulf")
Nova Terra (Beta Aquarii X): Described by Sam Anderson as the ideal colony and a good place to jump ship. [Latin, "New Earth"]; (Starman Jones)
Gwen Novak: See Hazel Meade Stone.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Micah Novak: Colonel in the Free United States Army, head of the Cabal's Psych and Propaganda Bureau. He was given a field promotion to General. He was a principal author of the Covenant. In Methuselah's Children, Novak Tower, the location of the Administrator's offices, is probably named after him.; ("If This Goes On—", "Coventry", Methuselah's Children)
Novak (no first name): Lieutenant and chief engineer aboard the Aes Triplex.; (Space Cadet)
Novak Tower: The building in which the offices of the Federation Administrator were located. It was probably named after General Micah Novak.
November 11, 1912: Birth date of Woodrow Wilson Smith (Lazarus Long).; (Time Enough for Love)
Novo Brasil: Colony planet mentioned in a Lazarus Long anecdote. It had a local custom of serial bigamy. [Portuguese novo, "new"]; (Time Enough for Love)
Novy Bolshoi Teatr Associates: Theater group in Luna, probably in Novy Leningrad. [Russian novy, "new"]; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Novy Leningrad (Novylen): 1. City in Luna, presumably established by Russia or settled largely by Russian emigrants. [Russian novy, "new"]; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress); 2. [mentioned in passing] Settlement in Luna.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
N.T.: "Normal Terrestrial": The tag for unmutated plants grown in the Ganymede hydroponics sheds.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Nuku'alofa: Island where Ellen Davidson went to live with her husband after the family scandal over her marrying a Tongan.; (Friday)
nullgrav: Commercial application of method for nullifying or altering gravity.; (Double Star)
Number-One (no other name): Alex Hergensheimer's name for whoever was behind the deal involving the million dollars in Alec Graham's lockbox. His real name is not given.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
The Numerologist: Alex Hergensheimer's name for a fellow passenger on the Konge Knut, who attended the firewalking demonstration; her first name was Gwendolyn, her last name was not given.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Nu Pegasi VI: See Halcyon.; (Starman Jones)
Nursemaid Nan: Machine invented by Daniel Boone Davis.; (The Door Into Summer)
NWNW: See New World Networks.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Nyberg: Trooper in Silva's platoon.; (Starship Troopers)

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