P - Heinlein Concordance


Packer (no first name): Governor of Iowa, possibly a puppet master host.; (The Puppet Masters)
Thomas Paine: Master Van Eyck mentioned him to John Lyle, who had never heard of him.; ("If This Goes On—")
George Paiwonski: Patty Paiwonski's late husband, a tattoo artist. (See next entry.); (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Patricia (Patty) Paiwonski: 1. Tattooed Lady in the carnival that Valentine Michael Smith and Jill Boardman joined. She performed with a boa constrictor. A member of the Fosterite church (converted by Foster himself), she had his life story tattooed on her. She joined the Church of All Worlds. Jill and Mike called her Aunt Patty.; (Stranger in a Strange Land); 2. Hilda Burroughs mentioned her. It is unclear whether she was a visitor to the Interuniverse Society conference, a resident of Boondock, or a mutual acquaintance of some other character (Jubal Harshaw?).; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pajaro Sands: Site of Hartley Baldwin's organization training grounds in California. The entire operation moved there after their cover was blown in the Chicago Imperium.; (Friday)
Pal Maleter: [mentioned in passing] Federation troop ship.; (Starship Troopers)
Palace: Center of government for the Prophet.; ("If This Goes On—")
Palace of Glinda the Good: The Gay Deceiver crew recognized it from the air when they arrived in Oz, and were welcomed there in royal fashion when they landed.; (The Number of the Beast)
Professor Palgrave (no first name): Compiler of Golden Treasury, a book of poetry that Maureen Johnson's mother gave her on her 12th birthday.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pallas Athene: 1. Ira Weatheral's computer (previously called Minerva) after its data were transferred to the Dora's memory banks. "She" was usually called Athena or Teena. Her personality was strongly influenced by Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee Long, though she had most of Minerva's memories. She ran most operations on Tertius, and intended to become flesh and blood herself after a century or so.; (Time Enough for Love); 2. She acted as secretary to Jubal Harshaw while he visited the Long household, transcribing his stories before he dictated them.; (The Number of the Beast); 3. Cybernetic "clone" of Ira Weatheral's computer Minerva. She teamed with Mike to provide structural simulations for the Time Corps.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Mrs. Palmer (no first name): South Colonist who asked Jamie Marlowe's personal opinion of the migration crisis. She took over Lowell Academy's kitchen when the colonists took refuge there.; (The Red Planet)
Palmglade Hotel: North Miami Beach hotel where Andrew Nivens went "on vacation" after the President rejected his initial report on the puppet masters.; (The Puppet Masters)
Palomar Observatory: Space was donated to them aboard Space Station One.; ("Delilah and the Space Rigger")
"Pampered Pets": Third regiment of the First Mobile Infantry Division, of which Juan Rico was a member.; (Starship Troopers)
Pan Africa: Government unit and member of the Federation.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
PanAsian Empire: Alliance (probably created by invasion and occupation) that attacked and occupied the United States. It had previously absorbed the Soviet Union. Its leaders were demonstrably racist, treating conquered peoples with considerable contempt and ferocity. Overpopulation was the likely motivation for its aggressions.; (The Day After Tomorrow)
Pancho Villa: Restaurant in Mazatlán where Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson were indentured to pay off their debt from being rescued by the Coast Guard.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Dr. Pandit (no first name): Crew member of the Lewis & Clark, in the medical department.; (Time for the Stars)
Panhandle Investments: Cover company in El Paso, Texas, for the Sam Houston Scouts mercenary group.; (Friday)
Pan-Jovian Trading Corporation: [mentioned in passing] Business in Jupiter's system. (it was probably headquartered on one of the moons.); ("—We Also Walk Dogs")
Papism: Catholicism is outlawed in the Chicago Imperium; and by inference, throughout Earth (the Pope is in exile on another planet).; (Friday)
Paoli Station Landing Flat: Airport or space station in Philadelphia. A message allegedly from Ben Caxton was sent from there.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Papal Nuncio: He was present at Valentine Michael Smith's conference with the Federation delegation.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Papeete: Tahitian port where Alex Hergensheimer witnessed the firewalk and was first shifted to another universe.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Joe Pappalopoulis: Owner of the Old Southern Dining Room, who bought bicycles from Castor and Pollux Stone to rent to tourists. He was usually called "Pappa".; (The Rolling Stones)
Paradise, Arizona: 1. Boom town that owed its existence to the nearby atomic plant.; ("Blowups Happen"); 2. Site of an atomic power plant that was shut down after a near-accident and replaced with an orbiting power station. (Almost certainly a reference to the events of "Blowups Happen."); (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Paradise Alley: Location of the Two Worlds Dining Room.; (Between Planets)
Paradise Walk: Commercial section of Terra Station.; (Space Cadet)
pariah: A "heretic" who did not accept any part of the Church of the Prophet. Pariahs were herded into ghettos and persecuted, sometimes stoned to death with official approval. There are suggestions that "pariahs" are almost always Jewish.; ("If This Goes On—")
Paris: [mentioned in passing] Site of perpetual peace negotiations.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Jan Parker: Maiden name of Janet Tormey, under which she still kept her credit cards.; (Friday)
Parker (no first name): Member of the board of Detheridge & Company.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Parkins (no first name): Brian Bean's driver.; (The Number of the Beast)
Parkinson (no first name): 1. Member of the board of directors of Smith Enterprises, who moved that Johann Sebastian Bach Smith be invited to retire; he got no support from the other members. Wealthy through his mother-in-law (possibly one of Johann's daughters), he was fired from the board when his voting stock dropped below 5% of the total.; (I Will Fear No Evil); 2. Settlers in Top Dollar. Mr. Parkinson married Helen Mayberry after his wife's death.; (Time Enough for Love)
The Parlor Freudian: Alex Hergensheimer's name for a fellow passenger on the Konge Knut who attended the firewalk.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Parmalee-Hitchcock: [mentioned in passing] Recessive gene that determines a pacifist personality.; (Beyond This Horizon)
Old Tom Parr: [mentioned in passing] Legendary individual who supposedly died in the year 1635 (Gregorian calendar) at the age of 152.; (Time Enough for Love)
Maxfield Parrish: Favorite artist of Maureen Johnson; his works were replicated as a present for her 125th birthday in Boondock.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Henry M. Parson: [mentioned in passing] His estate was party to a lawsuit (vs. Rhode Island) which settled the legal definition of death in the 1970s.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Sam Parsons: Lunar Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol leader who was assigned to keep track of Bruce Hollifield. He injured a leg falling into a morning glory and was rescued by Bruce.; ("Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon")
Party: Revolutionary organization started by Bernardo de la Paz, Wyoming Knott, and Manuel Garcia O'Kelly. They founded it on the cell system, in which any member knew at most four other members. The organizers developed a system of Party names, which not only protected members' real identities but also, through the first letter of the name, revealed their position in the hierarchy and how recently they had been recruited.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Paskin: Officer who accompanied Heinrich to arrest Jill Boardman.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Pass Christian, Mississippi: Site of a puppet master saucer landing at which the Army fought back in force. The saucer was destroyed at great loss to the human fighters.; (The Puppet Masters)
Pat: See Patricia Marymount.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Colonel Pateel (no first name): King Willem's equerry, a Hindu and veteran of the Space Force.; (Double Star)
PRS Pathfinder: 1. [mentioned in passing] Spaceship intended for one-way interstellar travel, which was being built on and near Luna during all of Don Harvey's life.; (Between Planets); 2. [mentioned in passing] Space ship that in the early days of spaceflight came in from orbit out of control and destroyed a Belgian village.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress); 3. Interplanetary Patrol ship that was engaged in charting a section of the Asteroid Belt. When radio contact was lost, the Aes Triplex was one of four ships assigned to search for her. They found that the hull had been breached by a tiny asteroid, and all crew members died in the decompression.; (Space Cadet)
George Smith Patton Jr.: In Maureen Johnson's time line, he became U.S. President 1949–1961.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Patrick Henry High School: School that Rod Walker attended. It offered a college-level Advanced Survival class.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Paul (no last name): Winifred Gerston's lover, with whom she split when he would not divorce his wife.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Luanna Pauline: [mentioned in passing] Dancer who starred as Titania in the Halifax Ballet Theater's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream that Richard Ames attended the night Herr Nameless approached him about killing someone.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Pauline Peaks: Name given to mountains south of the valley surveyed by the exploration team of which Bill Lermer was a member; they were named after team leader Paul du Maurier.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Pawnshop: Name that Hilda Burroughs proposed for an import emporium in New Rome.; (The Number of the Beast)
Pawnshot Song: Song that Dora offered to sing for the Gay Deceiver crew; she'd learned it from Lazarus Long. (In Time Enough for Love, Lazarus was constantly humming a song about a "born loser" that he'd learned from "Noisy" Rhysling; a pawnshop figured prominently.); (The Number of the Beast)
FNS Pax: Federated Nations flagship deployed for the invasion of Luna after the colonies declared independence. [Latin, "peace"]; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
"Pay Book": Song popular among Venus contract laborers.; ("Logic of Empire")
"Pay Day": Deety Burroughs' name for the song whose cadence was used to activate Gay Deceiver; she learned it from her maternal great-grandfather.; (The Number of the Beast)
pay dirt: Earth soil completely sterilized and then reinfected with organisms necessary for plant growth. It was combined with crushed Ganymede rock to create farms.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Payroll: John Tumbril's mispronunciation of Georges Perreault's surname.; (Friday)
Peace Corps: Involuntary enrollment was used as a means of transporting undesirables to Lunar colonies.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Peace Dragoons: Federated Nations troops transported to Luna to enforce authority. Their job was made difficult by the hatred and ridicule of colonists (who called them Goons), and by their own anger at learning that the trip was necessarily one-way because of the long-term effects of low gravity. Earth-based regiments mutinied after hearing rumors that more troops would be shipped to Luna.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
peace lamp: Ceremonial light that was part of Monist worship practices. It was lit during dinner, among other times.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Peace of the Flame: Official book of the Monist religion.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Peacemaker: Federation battleship encountered by the Little David at Mars. It was neutralized when Little David surrounded it with a force field.; (Between Planets)
Peak City Transport: [mentioned in passing] Trucking company that offered a contract to the moonship project.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Mrs. Peal (no first name): Chief Stewardess aboard the Tricorn.; (Podkayne of Mars)
"Aunt" Nora Peascoat: [mentioned in passing] Friend of Rod Walker's family, an interfering old biddy. Her husband Joseph is also mentioned briefly.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Peddler's Grave Mesa: Land formation near Ranchito Alegre.; (Between Planets)
Pedro (no last name): Mexican shepherd who was tending his flock near the site of the Pioneer's landing.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Dom Pedro III: Emperor of Brazil, who greeted the crew of Lewis & Clark on their return, on behalf of the United System.; (Time for the Stars)
Peebie (no other name): Ordinanceman second class, Thorby Rudbek's petty officer on the Hydra. He delighted in tormenting his underlings. His nickname was "Decibel".; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Polly Peepers: Columnist who wanted to interview Valentine Michael Smith on love life among the Martians.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Peerless Features, LTD: Company that tried to acquire rights to Valentine Michael Smith's life story, through an orderly at Bethesda Medical Center.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Peewee: 1. Code name Kip Russell used to test Oscar's [his space suit's] radio circuit. Peewee Reisfeld heard him and thought he was calling her, resulting in his capture by Wormface's minions.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel); 2. (no other name) Member of Sam Parsons' Scout troop.; ("Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon")
PEG (Population, Ecology and Genetics) Board: Government agency that issued licenses for parenthood. It authorized Podkayne Fries' parents to have five children, and would have licensed seven had they wanted them.; (Podkayne of Mars)
PRS Pegasus: Ship that carried Matt Dodson and Tex Jarman from Venus to Terra Station after their discovery of the Astarte.; (Space Cadet)
Peiping Peace Treaty: Treaty under which "remnants of" the Australian population were moved to New Zealand, permitting Asian immigration onto the continent.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Pelican: Class of interplanetary ship grounded for engineering modification at the Department of Spatial Affairs' command.; (The Star Beast)
Carole Yvonne Pelletier: See Carole Yvonne Pelletier Johnson.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pellucidar: Universe that got two votes among the Gay Deceiver crew for Favorite Fantasy World. The inside-out world the crew visited was conjectured to be a composite of Hollow-Earth fantasies.; (The Number of the Beast)
Jake Pemberton: Pilot for Trans-Lunar Transit, who had family problems because of his demanding schedule. After pulling off a nearly-impossible rescue when his ship was knocked off course, and making an emergency flight on the Moon, he was offered a permanent job flying the Luna-to-orbit route.; ("Space Jockey")
Phyllis Pemberton: Jake Pemberton's wife.; ("Space Jockey")
Peninsula: Hotel in Hong Kong where "Adolf Belsen" had booked a room (See Albert Beaumont).; (Friday)
Wing General Penoyer (no first name): Chief of Staff and Chief of Ordinance in the Free United States Army. He was John Lyle's nominal boss.; ("If This Goes On—")
The People: The Free Traders' name for themselves.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
People's Agrarian Emergency Government: [mentioned in passing] Revolutionary group that occupied the Oklahoma State House.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
People's Fraternal Society of Cosmonauts, Astronauts, and Space Engineers: [mentioned in passing] This union was part of the AFL-CIO.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
People's Republic of England: Government in the universe in which Alex Hergensheimer was rescued from midocean and taken to Mazatlán. It was apparently an enemy of the United States.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Pepe (no last name): Legless beggar who befriended Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson in Mazatlán.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Percival Lowell: Interplanetary Patrol ship that was one of Captain Yancey's early assignments.; (Space Cadet)
Percival Lowell Academy: [mentioned in passing] School whose students Colin Campbell rescued from an unspecified danger while in the military.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Percival the Pig: Animal used to test the safety of new planets. He stayed healthy during his stay on Constance, but was killed in an attack by Elysian natives.; (Time for the Stars)
Percy: Owner of the Earthport bar where Max Jones and Sam Anderson ate after Max was rejected by the Astrogators' Guild.; (Starman Jones)
Charles (Chuck) Perkins: High-school classmate who was Maureen Johnson's first sexual partner. He enlisted for the Spanish-American War, but died of fever in Chickamauga Park, Georgia.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Perkins (no first name): 1. Mrs. Logan's mispronunciation of Mr. Perrin's name.; ("The Black Pits of Luna"); 2. (Miss) H. S. Olsen's secretary.; (I Will Fear No Evil); 3. (Miss) Payroll clerk for Harriman Enterprises.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon"); 4. Representative of the Exotic Life Laboratory of the Museum of Natural History, who wanted to acquire Lummox.; (The Star Beast)
Permanent War: The Time Corps' name for the series of wars that occurred throughout the 20th century in various time lines.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pernambuco: [mentioned in passing] Region in northeastern Brazil, the site of an alleged UFO landing.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Georges Perreault: Quebecois housemate of Janet and Ian Tormey, unofficially Ian's co-husband (polygamous marriages being illegal in British Canada). He was an artist and "Mendel Professor of Teratology" at the University of Manitoba, an expert in genetic engineering. He accompanied Friday on her attempt to return to the Chicago Imperium. He ultimately emigrated to Botany Bay.; (Friday)
Perrin (no first name): Colonial Services ranger and Scoutmaster in Luna, who conducted tours. He aided in the search after "Baby Darling" Logan was lost.; ("The Black Pits of Luna")
Professor Perry (no first name): Head librarian in Hartley Baldwin's organization who gave Friday computer lessons.; (Friday)
Persephone (no last name): Ward of the Doctor in Coventry. Fifteen years old, naive but much better educated than most Coventry residents.; ("Coventry")
John J. Pershing: Army general mentioned in passing.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pete (no last name): 1. See Petronius the Arbiter.; (The Door Into Summer); 2. One of the Konge Knut passengers who paid off a bet to Alex Hergensheimer after he successfully completed the firewalk.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice); 3. Venusian colonist who found Allucquere near Kaiserville after she was stricken with nine-day fever.; (The Puppet Masters); 4. See High Minister for Science.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Peter (no last name): Section agent, who worked in Analysis.; (The Puppet Masters)
Peter Pan's Pirates: See Baker Street Irregulars.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Peter the Great: [mentioned in passing] Intrasystem torchship that fell into the sun when she shut off her torch and couldn't get it started again.; (Time for the Stars)
Peter the Great Gate: Emigration teleportation Gate, probably located in Russia.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Peters (no first name): 1. Radioman who worked for Tiny Larsen on Space Station One who was fired for organizing a rigged crap game.; ("Delilah and the Space Rigger"); 2. (Major) Betsy Barnes' pilot for her tour of Luna. He was injured when their ship crashed.; ("Searchlight"); 3. Sublieutenant and assistant engineer aboard the Aes Triplex, named chief engineer after half the crew was transferred to the Pathfinder.; (Space Cadet); 4. The Department of Spatial Affairs employee whom Henry Kiku recommended to inspect the Hroshii ships for accommodations to human habitation.; (The Star Beast)
Peterson Field: Rocket port in Colorado leased to D. D. Harriman, where the moonship was developed.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Petronius the Arbiter: Tomcat companion of Daniel Boone Davis, whom Dan persuaded the insurance company to allow into cold sleep with him. He was usually called Pete.; (The Door Into Summer)
Petticoat Lane: Street near which Rainbow's End is located in Golden Rule. It is the site of numerous dubious enterprises, many catering to tourists.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Heidi Schmidt Pfeiffer: Adele Pfeiffer Johnson's grandmother (1810–1912).; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Kristina Larsen Pfeiffer: Adele Pfeiffer Johnson's mother (1834–1940).; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Robert Pfeiffer: Adele Pfeiffer Johnson's grandfather (1809–1909).; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Phil (no last name): Caroline Mshiyeni's politician uncle. She disliked him and used to hide when he came to visit. She compared Grant Cowper to him.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Philadelphia-Jersey Roadcity: One of the earliest high-speed roads. It overloaded and broke during rush hour, causing numerous injuries and a major crisis.; ("The Roads Must Roll")
Philip Nolan: Space-to-space ship operated by Trans-Lunar Transit.; ("Space Jockey")
Phillies: Philadelphia baseball team. Manuel Garcia O'Kelly and Bernardo de la Paz argued their chances of winning the pennant.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Dr. Phillips (no first name): [mentioned in passing] Ira Johnson's preceptor (mentor-instructor) when Ira was still studying medicine; he considered the idea that sterility was important in practicing medicine to be a far-fetched French notion.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Montgomery Phipps (no first name): Venusian Organization official authorized to acquire the ring sent to Don Harvey by Dudley Jefferson. He was a historian and a friend of Don's parents.; (Between Planets)
Phipps (no first name): 1. Board secretary of Detheridge & Company [The Sons of the Bird], who summoned Ted Randall through a mirror to a meeting of the board.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag"); 2. [mentioned in passing] Doctor whose cab Jill Boardman commandeered while helping Valentine Michael Smith escape from Bethesda Medical Center.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Phobos: 1. [mentioned in passing] Legally part of Mars; Podkayne Fries once made a class trip there, the farthest she had been off-planet before her trip to Earth.; (Podkayne of Mars); 2. The customs station for Mars, and thus the port-of-call of the Rolling Stone.; (The Rolling Stones)
PHQ: Planetary Headquarters of the Venus armed forces. It was located in New London.; (Between Planets)
Physical Review: Publication in which Horatio Abernathy intended to publish results of experiments measuring the "speed" of telepathic communication.; (Time for the Stars)
physics: It was considered mysticism aboard the Ship; ancient texts were interpreted allegorically.; (Orphans of the Sky)
Picardy Transmutation Plant: [mentioned in passing] Company where Jinx Henderson first worked after immigrating to Luna.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Pickering (no first name): Ship's surgeon aboard the Aes Triplex, technically a staff member of the Marines.; (Space Cadet)
Picnic Island: Atoll on one of the Teh-positive worlds which the Gay Deceiver crew chose as a convenient resting spot while exploring the axis.; (The Number of the Beast)
Piddle: [mentioned in passing] Mrs. Percy B. S. Souchek's poodle, over whose death she sued the Los Angeles City-County Commissioners.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Pidgie Widgie: Puppet star of a children's video show about space adventures. Its hostess had some social and political influence because of the show's popularity, and started "Friends of Lummox".; (The Star Beast)
Pied-a-Terre: Landing site for the passenger rocket from Moonbase. Its exact location is not specified.; ("Gulf")
Olga Pierce: Dispatcher for Trans-Lunar Transit.; ("Space Jockey")
Pierce Radioscope: Research facility in Luna, associated with Richardson Observatory. It was mostly staffed by Terrans.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Pierre (no last name): See High Minister for Science.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Pig: A mutie by birthplace and definition, but human in appearance. A member of Joe-Jim Gregory's gang, he helped rescue Hugh Hoyland from execution for heresy.; (Orphans of the Sky)
Pikes Peak: 1. The Pikes Peak Hill Climb made the front page of the Centerville Clarion along with Kip Russell winning his spacesuit.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel); 2. Site of a spaceport from which the counterinvasion of Titan was launched.; (The Puppet Masters); 3. Spaceport from which the Earth-Moon shuttle was launched.; (The Rolling Stones); 4. Site of a catapult station that launched space ships.; (Space Cadet)
Pikes Peak Space Catapult (no first name): A Harriman business that launched spaceships.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pilgrim: [mentioned in passing] Suborbital passenger rocket that served New Jerusalem.; ("If This Goes On—")
The Pilgrims: Name proposed and rejected for "A" deck Scouts in the Mayflower.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Pillar of Fire Repentance Tabernacle: Church where Greg Stone preached.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Pilots' Association: Professional organization based in Luna City.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Pilots' Club: Hostel in Dome Three of Goddard City.; (Double Star)
Pinch-Penny Publications: Company that published Maureen Johnson's book, The Housewife's Guide to Thrifty Investing.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Hugo Pinero: 1. Inventor of a method of accurately predicting the exact day of any person's death. After the Science Academy's attempts to discredit him failed and his service threatened to ruin the insurance companies, he was murdered by an unknown assailant and his machinery was destroyed.; ("Life-Line"); 2. Referred to by Mary Sperling as "Pinero the Charlatan", but Lazarus Long insisted he could do just what he claimed; he also said that he tried the service himself but Pinero refused to give him an answer and refunded his money.; (Methuselah's Children); 3. [mentioned in passing] Attendee at the Interuniverse Society conference.; (The Number of the Beast); 4. Lazarus Long told Maureen Johnson about his career.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
"Pinhead": Name used by Podkayne Fries for her Venerian guard (Clark Fries called him "Jojo").; (Podkayne of Mars)
Pinta: Torchship in Project Lebensraum.; (Time for the Stars)
Pioneer: Moonship designed by Bob Coster with D. D. Harriman's backing. It made the first successful flight to the Moon.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon", To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pioneers Club: Posh restaurant where Tom Fries took Podkayne Fries before visiting the Marsopolis Creche to discuss their "error". It was noted for having human waiters.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Pipes (no other name): Engineer in the Lord Protector's household. He gave Hugh Farnham a tour of the plant and an elaborately drawn map of the Summer Palace, not knowing that Hugh wanted the information for an escape attempt.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Pirate: Tomcat to whom Sam Cavanaugh belonged. He died after being attacked by a puppet master.; (The Puppet Masters)
Pirates Pizza Palace: [mentioned in passing] Winnipeg establishment that was assigned Ian and Janet Tormey's telephone number after they closed their house and emigrated.; (Friday)
Pitcairn Island: Name given by Diaspora discoverers to the planet settled by refugees from the Vanguard (the ship in Orphans of the Sky).; (Time Enough for Love)
Pixel: 1. A cat that was able to "walk through walls". He accompanied Gwen Novak and Colin Campbell on the mission to rescue Mike from being "killed" during the final battle of the Lunar Revolution.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls); 2. (The same cat as in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) He was with Maureen Johnson when her time bus was sabotaged and she was arrested in time line eleven. When he returned to Boondock without Maureen, Hilda Burroughs took him to Oz, where he could talk, so he could tell what had happened to Maureen and where she was.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Pixie: Shuttle to the Tom Paine.; (Double Star)
Bobby "The Brute" Pizarro: [mentioned in passing] California sensie star, with whom lottery winners were awarded a dinner.; (Friday)
PK3722: 1. Star to which the Jockaira's masters sent the Howard Families after rejecting them for "domestication". It was populated by the Little People.; (Methuselah's Children); 2. Lazarus Long deliberately miscatalogued the planet to keep humans away from it, but he returned to it ask Mary Sperling's opinion of the time-travel theory worked out by Dora.; (Time Enough for Love)
PLA: One of the United States' conservative political parties. What the initials stand for is not explained.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
La Plage des Grottes: The beach above which Oscar Gordon camped on L'Île du Levant. [French, "the beach of grottos (or caves)"]; (Glory Road)
Plain of Megiddo: Site of a battle of Armageddon, five years after the Rapture. Steve was killed there and taken into Heaven.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Plan Inkblot: Plan to get Orson Trowbridge for the John Joseph Bonforte impersonation if Larry Smith refused.; (Double Star)
Plan Scoot: Scheme to rescue Bernardo de la Paz and Manuel Garcia O'Kelly from Earth after their negotiations fell through.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Planet: Leda's daily newspaper.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Planet of the Little People: See PK3722.; (Time Enough for Love)
Planet P: Juan Rico's first combat site after his assignment to the Tours. It was attacked by the Federation in order to capture Bug leaders.; (Starship Troopers)
Planetary League: Probably a successor to the United Nations. After a war between the Afro-European Federation and the Estados Unidos de Sud that occurred during the voyage of the Lewis & Clark, the constitution was rewritten and the name changed to United System. Planetary League Auxiliary Speech was the lingua franca on Earth.; (Time for the Stars)
Plato: Crater that was the location of Hong Kong Luna.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Playa de las Olas Altas: Site near Mazatlán that could be seen from Icebox Hill. [Spanish, "beach of the high waves"]; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Playboy Club: Indirectly referred to by Manuel Garcia O'Kelly as "hotel chain, one with rabbit trademark". Bernardo de la Paz discussed with the managing director the prospect of resorts in Luna.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Plaza of Liberty: Site near the slave auction where Thorby Rudbek was sold to Richard Baslim; it was Baslim's regular begging station.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Pluto: 1. Solar-system base of the invading aliens (see Wormface).; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel); 2. A scientific institute sent a manned probe to explore the planet, but the expedition was lost en route.; (I Will Fear No Evil); 3. Site of a scientific research station that was destroyed by Bugs.; (Starship Troopers)
Pluton: Unit of currency based on plutonium.; ("Gulf")
Old Poddy: Imperial Patrolman who told Auntie Singham that Richard Baslim was dead and orders were out to find Thorby Rudbek.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
"The Poddy Story": Podkayne Fries' favorite bedtime story, told to her by her uncle Tom Fries. It was probably made-up stories about Podkayne herself.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Podkayne: Martian saint from whom many living Martians claim descent. Podkayne Fries was named after it.; (Podkayne of Mars)
"Poetry and Arts in Luna: A New Renaissance": Lecture supposedly scheduled by Adam Selene. Announced in Lunaya Pravda, the scheduled public appearance was intended solely to rile Lunar Authority and perhaps flush out Authority agents.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Polaris: First Mobile Infantry Division, of which Juan Rico was a member.; (Starship Troopers)
Pole Star: Supply ship to Space Station One, which was also used for transporting employees.; ("Delilah and the Space Rigger")
Polesotechnic League: Unanimous choice of Favorite Fantasy World among the crew of the Gay Deceiver; they did not actually visit it.; (The Number of the Beast)
Pollard (no first name): Expert in atomics, mentioned by Morrie Abrams.; (Rocket Ship Galileo)
Polynesia Tourist Bureau: [mentioned in passing] Organization that arranged a firewalking demonstration for the passengers of the Konge Knut. The representative allowed Alex Hergensheimer to try, but "took no responsibility" for the results.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Edith Pomeroy: Apparently a copy-editing error for Edith Jameson.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Madame Pompadour: See Henrietta van Loon.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Pompeii-Now: Nightclub in an Abandoned Area visited by Joan Eunice Smith to celebrate her recovery from the brain transplant.; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Ponce de León High School: Oscar Gordon's alma mater.; (Glory Road)
Ponce De León Institute: Jackie Daudet's school.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Ponse: Family name (i.e., name used within his household) of the Lord Protector.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Poon Kwai Yau: The Marsopolis Creche's lawyer.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Poona Control: Terran Ground Control Station in charge of landing grain barges from Luna.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Popov: Tourist ship in which Stuart LaJoie traveled to Luna.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Popular Technics: [mentioned in passing] Magazine that ran an article on uranium prospecting on the Moon.; ("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Port of Heaven: Cabaret on Joy Street in Jubbulpore.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Portuguese: One of Venus' two official languages, the other being System Ortho.; (Podkayne of Mars)
Post: Newspaper for which Ben Caxton worked [the Washington Post?].; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Postle (no first name): John Thomas Stuart's family lawyer.; (The Star Beast)
Potiphar T. Potbury: Physician whom Jonathan Hoag visited to analyze the substance under his fingernails; he refused to identify it. He was actually a Son of the Bird.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
J. Hardwick Potter: Puppet master host; he was infected by Sam Cavanaugh.; (The Puppet Masters)
Sarah Pottle: The Marlowes' hypochondriac and self-indulgent neighbor. Willis repeated in her presence gossip about her. She protested the charges against Gaines Beecher in the colonists' meeting. She and her husband were killed when they tried to surrender to Mars Company forces after the colonists took refuge in Lowell Academy.; (The Red Planet)
Poul (no last name): Purser's clerk in the Konge Knut.; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
pound: Unit of currency on Mars.; (The Rolling Stones)
Powell (no first name): "Client executive" (i.e. salesman) for Mutual Assurance Company. He arranged cold sleep contracts.; (The Door Into Summer)
Power and Glory: Old uranium mine where Betty Sorenson suggested hiding Lummox.; (The Star Beast)
Power Syndicate: Consortium that controlled the Paradise, Arizona atomic power plant. The Harriman & Strong corporation was a member.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
The Practical Carpenter: [mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.; (Farnham's Freehold)
Praesidium of the Sargon: Capitol of the Nine Worlds, located near the auction site where Thorby Rudbek was sold in Jubbulpore. (The Sargon was the hereditary ruler of the Nine Worlds.); (Citizen of the Galaxy)
prairie goat: Six-legged, otherwise undescribed herbivore on New Beginnings. It was edible — and tasty — to humans.; (Time Enough for Love)
Mr. Pratt: Conventry, England, veterinary surgeon who worked in the emergency aid station during the Battle of Britain, assisted by his wife.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Harriet (Harry) Pratt: Woman who assisted her husband, a veterinary surgeon, in emergency surgery in Coventry during the Battle of Britain.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
"Prayer for Travelers": 1. Hymn for spacefarers quoted in part.; ("Ordeal in Space"); 2. Hymn sung at the Lewis & Clark's memorial service for the Vasco da Gama.; (Time for the Stars)
Predators and Prey: Book by Jasper on dangerous animals of all worlds.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Prehoda Pines Patience Park: [mentioned in passing] "Corpsicle" (i.e. cryonic suspended animation) maintenance facility.; (Friday)
President of the United States: When the Federation refused to seat him at its conference with Valentine Michael Smith, Jubal Harshaw invited him to join Mike's delegation.; (Stranger in a Strange Land)
Pretty Girl: Mule that Lazarus Long took homesteading on New Beginnings; she died on the trail.; (Time Enough for Love)
Pride, Greenway, Hamilton, Steinbolt, Cart and Greenway: [mentioned in passing] Law firm located in the Acme Building.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Pride of Tasmania: Australian transport that Oscar Gordon hopped to reach the General Smith.; (Glory Road)
Pride Peak: Mountain near Leda, site of the Ganymede colony's power station.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Prince Edward Island: It was a separate government, independent of Canada.; (Friday)
Prince of Wales: Original name of the Asgard.; (Starman Jones)
Prince Royal: PanAsian military governor in North America.; (The Day After Tomorrow)
Princess Polly Ponderosa Penelope Peachfuzz: Kitten adopted by Susan Smith after the death of Captain Blood. Susan kept her when she got married, but the cat found its way back to Maureen Johnson's home. Polly died in 1972.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Princeton, New Jersey: Peewee Reisfeld's hometown.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
The Principle: Mentioned but not described as part of Monist beliefs.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Pring's Garage: Centerville business where Kip Russell bought pressurized air for his spacesuit.; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Printemps (no first name): Member of the board of Detheridge & Company.; ("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Priscilla (no last name): Hamadryad Weatheral's business manager.; (Time Enough for Love)
Proclamation of Autonomy: Largely cribbed from the United States Declaration of Independence, it was sent to Chicago to announce the Mars colonists' successful revolt against the Mars Company.; (The Red Planet)
Procrustes Institute of Hotelier Science: [mentioned in passing] Institute whose curricula were programmed into the Guest Services robot at the Grand Hotel Augustus.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
proctor: 1. Protector of the public peace under the Covenant.; (Beyond This Horizon, "Coventry", Methuselah's Children); 2. Law enforcement official in Golden Rule.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls); 3. Employees of the Mars Company commissioned to maintain law and order (and mostly to enforce the Company's authority).; (The Red Planet)
Procyon VII: [mentioned in passing] Planet inhabited by cephalopod-type beings, some of whom came to Earth as exchange students.; (The Star Beast)
The Professional Bore: Alex Hergensheimer's name for a fellow passenger at the firewalking demonstration who pronounced the firewalking "mass hypnosis".; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Professor Charles Darwin: Venerian dragon, a historian who taught Don Harvey "true speech" when the dragon and Don's father worked together.; (Between Planets)
Professor Josephus Egghead: Kip Russell's name for the Vegan who helped him dictate Earth's history. Kip usually called him "Joe".; (Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Professor Wogglebug: See College of Professor Wogglebug.; (The Number of the Beast)
Project Centerbore: [mentioned in passing] Many years after the Revolution, a project to search for uranium on the Moon.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Project Cerberus: Power proposal for the research station on Pluto; it was under Henry Kiku's jurisdiction.; (The Star Beast)
Project Jove: Scientific project from which George Lermer salvaged parts for Peggy Kenyon's pressurized stretcher.; (Farmer in the Sky)
Project Lebensraum: Long Range Foundation program to send interstellar vehicles out at near-light speeds to find habitable planets. [German lebensraum, "habitat" or "living space"]; (Time for the Stars)
Project Porcupine: Research project sponsored by Rudbek to find methods of making slavery unprofitable.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Prometheus: 1. [mentioned in passing] "Working title" for the starship that Holly Jones and Jeff Hardesty were designing.; ("The Menace from Earth"); 2. Official biography of Daniel Shipstone; it was filled more with propaganda than with facts.; (Friday)
Prometheus Foundation: [mentioned in passing] Organization owned by Shipstone.; (Friday)
Prophet: Leader of the theocracy that controlled the United States during the Interregnum. The First Prophet was demagogue Nehemiah Scudder; his successors were also known as the Prophet Incarnate.; ("If This Goes On—", Methuselah's Children; mentioned in passing in "Coventry")
Prophet's Sword Triumphant: Colonel-in-Chief of the Angels of the Lord, and marshal of the Interregnum's armed forces.; ("If This Goes On—")
Promised Land: [mentioned in passing] Presumably an orbiting habitat or other settlement.; (The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Propulsion, Inc.: Shipbuilders that operated on Hekate.; (Citizen of the Galaxy)
Proscribed Prisoner no. 83M2742: [mentioned in passing] "Title" bestowed upon Lazarus Long in one of his lives.; (Time Enough for Love)
prostitutes: In many stories, Heinlein portrayed prostitution as an honorable profession; his prostitutes ranged from hard-working and respectable to highly admired and honored.; 1. The PanAsians forced women from conquered areas into houses of prostitution. (This is the only example of prostitution being oppressive and shameful.); (The Day After Tomorrow); 2. Apparently prostitution is a legal occupation practiced by both Artificial Persons (though under indenture) and "natural" humans.; (Friday); 3. Prostitution was legal or at least tolerated on Mars; "Noisy" Rhysling worked as a musician in a bordello.; ("The Green Hills of Earth"); 4. Prostitution was a respectable profession in Luna, perhaps partly because the high ration of men to women made the women a valuable "commodity".; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress); 5. "Courtesan" was a legal and honorable profession on Secundus and Tertius. Prostitution was also legal on Mars, although the government tried to regulate the prices; Lazarus Long talked about the bordellos there.; (Time Enough for Love)
Protean Pete: Daniel Boone Davis' proposed name for a robot he planned to design, and did design during his "second time" in 1970. It was an improvement over Flexible Frank.; (The Door Into Summer)
Protect-Our-Youth: State law in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld that outlawed science fiction and other "corrupting influences".; (Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Protector of Servants: State slave factor on Fatima, who confiscated Lazarus Long's trading ship and used it as a slave transport. When Lazarus regained the ship, he took the factor offplanet with him and spaced him.; (Time Enough for Love)
Protector of the Faith: [mentioned in passing] Presumably the ruler of Fatima.; (Time Enough for Love)
Protector of the Lunar Colonies by Appointment of the Lunar Authority: Official title of the Warden.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Protector Pro Tem: Job offered to Manuel Garcia O'Kelly by Lunar Authority in return for his selling out the Revolution. Mannie naturally refused it.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Provisional Committee: 1. Members of the Survivors Club who intended to run the government after their coup.; (Beyond This Horizon); 2. Formal name of the Revolutionary organization started by Bernardo de la Paz, Manuel Garcia O'Kelly, and Wyoming Knott, with Mike's help.; (The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Provisional Control Committee for the New Order: Organizing group for the Roadworkers' rebellion.; ("The Roads Must Roll")
provost: Covenant official ordered to arrest the entire Howard Families from a list provided by Lazarus Long.; (Methuselah's Children)
Proxima: [mentioned in passing] Colony planet that circled Alpha Centauri.; (Friday)
Proxima Centauri Expedition: "First recorded attempt to reach the nearer stars of the galaxy". The expedition ship, the Vanguard, was launched in 2119 CE. The crew mutinied and killed all officers capable of running the ship; thus it drifted in space for generations afterward. Although the inhabitants retained enough skill through the generations to keep the ship habitable, they lacked any real understanding of science and all knowledge of their origin and history.; (Orphans of the Sky)
PRS: Patrol Rocket Ship.; (Space Cadet)
Miss Primrose (no first name): Maureen Johnson's piano teacher.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
"Prudence Penny": Subtitled "The Housewife Investor", a column ghost-written by Maureen Johnson for country newspapers. She defined financial terminology, discussed news issues that might affect investments, and made recommendations for investing based on Lazarus Long's information. The column quickly spread to city dailies. Her ultimate purpose was to establish a reputation for economic savvy, leading up to promoting the idea of a moonship in the column.; (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Uncle Jim Prufit: Member of Hartley Baldwin's organization who betrayed Friday to her kidnappers.; (Friday)
Prussia: [mentioned in passing] Nation (independent from Germany) that fought a war with Russia.; (Friday)
pseudocanis hexapoda hesperae: See spiderpuppy.; (Starman Jones)
Psych and Propaganda Bureau: Cabal group that released overtly respectful articles, etc., designed to create doubts about the Prophet. After the successful coup, it debated "counter-brainwashing" citizens to remove them from the Prophet's influence.; ("If This Goes On—")
public eye: Floating security monitor in the Kenya Beanstalk port.; (Friday)
Pug (no last name): Peasant who returned to the Doral the longhorses that Star, Rufo, and Oscar Gordon had borrowed. Seeing his awe of the group, Oscar "knighted" him, bestowing on him the name Lerdki 't Pug Easy. Privately, however, Oscar called him "Manure Foot".; (Glory Road)
Agnes Pulvermacher: Resident of Cowpertown after the Advanced Survival students were stranded. She was married to Curt Pulvermacher.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Curt Pulvermacher: Resident of Cowpertown after the Advanced Survival students were stranded. He was married to Agnes Pulvermacher.; (Tunnel in the Sky)
Jack Pumpkinhead: Character encountered during the Gay Deceiver's visit to Oz.; (The Number of the Beast)
puppet masters: Amoeba-like extraterrestrial parasites that invaded Earth to use humans as their hosts, completely controlling mind and body. After the Earth infestations were destroyed by infecting infested regions with nine-day fever, they were traced to Titan, and an expedition sent to wipe them out.; (The Puppet Masters)
purple itch: Mythical disease that Podkayne Fries predicted her brother Clark would die from for avoiding the inoculations required on Venus.; (Podkayne of Mars)
pusher: Foreman for Venus contract laborers. Pushers usually exercised tyrannical power over the laborers.; ("Logic of Empire")
Pussy Cat: Joan Eunice Smith's trimaran; also Tom Finchley's pet name for Joan (possibly the inspiration for the ship's name).; (I Will Fear No Evil)
Putzie (no other name): Man with whom Eldreth Coburn was becoming romantically involved before her father shipped her off to Earth. After the adventure in the Asgard, she returned home and married him.; (Starman Jones)

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