During the Interuniverse
Society conference, a bridge was opened to Valhalla; anyone who "died"
during the Society
for Creative Anachronism joust had the option of being carried off by
Valkyries instead of being revived.
The name that the crew of the Gay
Deceiver gave to the Mars they
discovered ten universes "over" from their own. It was covered with vegetation
and inhabited by Russian and British colonies.
The universe in which the crew of the Gay
Deceiver settled briefly, looking for a safe place to have their babies.
It was pastoral, libertarian, and mostly very dull. The history was slightly
different from the crew's homeworld: There was no slavery, but much indenture;
and sometime in the 16th century the oceans had risen considerably, changing
the coastlines and much of the political situation.
[mentioned in passing] Broadcast that Hilda
Burroughs suggested as an alternative to further adventure among the
universes, as a way of illustrating how very dull Beulahland
was.
The mythological bridge between Valhalla, the Norse abode of dead heroes,
and the world of the living. It was extended to Tellus
Tertius during the Interuniverse
Society conference.
Name for otherwise unidentified villains who tried to kill Jacob
Burroughs, apparently in an attempt to eliminate knowledge of
transdimensional travel. Zebadiah
Carter suspected them of killing his cousin Zebulon, a mathematician. One
Black Hat who impersonated a forest ranger was killed by Zeb and found to be
nonhuman when Hilda
Burroughs dissected it. Another appeared at the Interuniverse
Society conference, but escaped when an attempt was made to apprehend it.
Head of the mathematics department at Jacob
Burroughs' university, and professional stuffed shirt. He was presumably
really a Black
Hat. He was reported dead in the Winged
Victory implosion, but the death may have been faked. [anagram of Robert
A. Heinlein]
Theodore Bronson
Maureen Johnson used this name for Lazarus Long after being brought to Tellus
Tertius and rejuvenated.
Self-described Beautiful Daughter of a Mad Scientist; mathematician and
computer software specialist. She married Zebadiah
John Carter about an hour after meeting him, and became a crew member of
the Gay
Deceiver after her father fitted it for transuniversal travel. She was a
voracious reader of old pulp magazines and the Oz books. She
was almost named "Doris Anne" at birth, but her father prevailed. Zeb's first
impression of her name was "Deedee".
First seen as Hilda Corners, the hostess at whose party Deety
Burroughs and Zebadiah
Carter met. She married Jacob
Burroughs after Deety and Zeb announced their intention to wed. She became
a crew member of the Gay
Deceiver after it was fitted for transuniversal travel, and was eventually
named permanent commander. Though she had never obtained a college degree, she
was very widely read and was an excellent biologist. She was nicknamed "Sharp"
Corners (or Sharpie). Zeb called her "Nanny Goat" and Deety called her "Aunt
Nanny Goat".
Mathematician and inventor of a "time machine" and transuniverse travel
device. He married Hilda Corners (see previous post). After becoming convinced
that Black
Hats were trying to kill him to suppress the knowledge of transuniversal
travel, he embarked with Hilda, his daughter Deety
Burroughs, and his son-in-law Zebadiah
Carter on a trek across universes in Zeb's aircar Gay
Deceiver, fitted with Jake's continua device.
Jacob
Burroughs' late wife, Deety's
mother. She was the best friend and college roommate of Hilda
Corners Burroughs. Jake believed she still communicated with him, though
whether this was his imagination or actual contact is unclear.
Doorman for Glinda the Good Witch; like Glinda, a character from the Oz books. The
crew of the Gay
Deceiver met him when the ship landed in Oz.
Cargraves (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Attendee at the Interuniverse
Society conference. [Possibly Donald Cargraves of Rocket Ship
Galileo.]
Zachariah Carter
Zebadiah Carter's grandfather. He had doctorates in biochemistry,
medicine, and law. He regarded anyone who couldn't read Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
French, and Latin as illiterate. Although generally misanthropic, he was
generous with service workers. He was very wealthy and became a Swiss citizen
to avoid U.S. tax policies. His will stipulated that direct male descendants
have names beginning with "Z". Female descendants inherited trust funds with
no strings attached, but sons and grandsons had to earn a sizable minimum
before a trust fund would match their income.
Zamir Carter
Zebadiah Carter's uncle, from whom he inherited a complete set of Clayton
Astounding magazines, Weird Tales, and first editions of the
first six Oz books.
Captain in the Aerospace Reserve and accomplished fencer who earned a
doctorate in education just to show how ridiculously easy it was. He married
Dejah
Thoris Burroughs and contributed his aircar Gay
Deceiver to the construction of a continua
craft, becoming part of the crew.
Zebulon Edward (Ed) Carter
Zebadiah Carter's cousin, a mathematician whom Jacob
Burroughs hoped to meet to discuss their theories of multiple universes.
He died in Sumatra, presumably murdered by Black
Hats.
Jacob
Burroughs described him as "a great man — too bad he was liquidated in the
Purge." The continua
craft was a "godchild" of Clarke's law, "Study what the most respected
authorities agree cannot be done-then do it."
Jacob
Burroughs' name for the mechanism he invented for traveling through time
and between universes (or possibly, the name for any vessel in which the
device was installed).
A favorite fantasy world among the crew of the Gay
Deceiver. [Series of novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley,
featuring a finely detailed history of a "lost colony" of Earth. The human
colonists had intermarried with natives and some of the developed a variety of
psychic powers.]
Dorothy Gale's cat, who slept in Deety
Burroughs' lap during the dinner in Oz, after
demanding various tasty morsels from her.
family
The interrelated novels Time Enough for Love, Number of the
Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, and To Sail Beyond the
Sunset all feature the group marriage of the Long clan, within which
sexual pairings are indiscriminate (though apparently exclusively
heterosexual) and children are the joint responsibility of all adult members.
E. E. Smith's universe, in which the Gay
Deceiver spent a short time. They left abruptly when threatened with
attack by another spaceship.
Gay Deceiver
Zebadiah
Carter's aircar, which he had refitted for stratospheric flight;
specifically the computer in the car. Jacob
Burroughs' continua device was installed in her and she was promoted to
spacefaring vehicle, with a crew of Zeb, Jacob, Deety
Burroughs, and Hilda
Burroughs. She was programmed to execute complicated commands triggered by
short phrases. With some additional programming by Deety Burroughs she
developed self-awareness, having already displayed it during trips to Oz.
The crew of the Gay
Deceiver visited her palace when they arrived in Oz. Besides
offering them aid and advice, she outfitted Gay Deceiver with rest stations
(which apparently remained in Oz no matter where the ship went, since they
were much too large to be "inside" Gay, and the sun was always shining into
the windows) and gave them a never-empty picnic basket. She taught Hilda
Burroughs how to recognize Black
Hats from a distance and invited the crew to visit Oz again anytime.
[mentioned in passing] Song that Dora offered
to sing to the crew of the Gay
Deceiver [Referred to as "Green Hills," but very likely "The Green Hills
of Earth".]
A Black
Hat who came looking for Jacob
Burroughs and his family, claiming to be a forest ranger. Zebadiah
Carter killed him. Hilda
Burroughs dissected him and discovered he was nonhuman. [An anagram of Bob
Heinlein.]
Brigadier Iver Hird-Jones
Herbert Smith-Carstairs' aide, also known as "Squeaky". Deety
Burroughs thought that a bartender at the Interuniverse
Society conference was his double.
Jonathan Hoag
He was assigned to guarding the Critics' Lounge at the Interuniverse
Society conference, ensuring that no one but critics would enter.
Native laborers in Windsor
City. They resembled Black
Hats but were about as intelligent as Earth dogs. The human colonists
(apparently British imperialists) usually called them "wogs".
horses
Horses would not breed on Barsoom,
but the British colonists hoped to overcome that problem.
Government building at the center of Windsor
City. It contained not only offices, but the governor's living quarters.
Interuniverse Society
A gathering of interesting people from various universes, ostensibly to
investigate the implications of multiple universes as discovered by the crew
of the Gay
Deceiver, but more likely just to have a good time. A number of the
visitors who are mentioned are definitely or possibly references to real-life
authors, scientists, and friends of Robert Heinlein; others are characters
from his stories. Lazarus
Long called it the First Centennial Convention of the Interuniversal
Society for Eschatological Pantheistic Multiple-Ego Solipsism.
Attendees at the Interuniverse Society
Conference
The name given in the story is underlined; definite identification
or plausible guess is in [brackets].
Real People (definitely or *possibly)
Buz [*Aldrin?], astronaut; in the story, an acquaintance of
Lazarus Long.
Poul [*Anderson], science-fiction author, appearing as "The Black
Knight"; a reference to Karen is probably his wife.
Robert Asprin, science-fiction and fantasy author, member of the
Society for Creative Anachronism and "Commandammit" of the Dorsai Very
Irregular.
[*Gregory] Benford, physicist and science-fiction author.
[Bishop] Berkeley, 18th-century Anglo-Irish Anglican bishop,
philosopher, and scientist. He is often cited as the source of the quip,
"What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind."
[*Lloyd] Biggle, author of science-fiction and mystery novels.
Charles [Brown], publisher of Locus magazine, which
provides news and reviews for science fiction publishers and fandom.
[*Mildred Downey] Broxon, fantasy author.
[Dr. Elizabeth] Chater, lecturer on science fiction at San Diego
State University [or possibly Dr. Norman Chater, neurosurgeon who operated
on Heinlein]
[*Samuel Langhorn] Clemens, a.k.a. author Mark Twain — as shown
in several books and especially To Sail Beyond the Sunset,
particularly admired by Heinlein
[J. J.] Coupling (pseudonym of engineer and science-fiction
writer John R. Pierce)
Charles Dodgson, a.k.a. Lewis Carroll, mathematician and author
of Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and many
poems.
Dorsai Very Irregular, a.k.a. the Dorsai Irregulars, a service
organization that provides security at science-fiction conventions and other
events. They escorted Heinlein when he was Guest of Honor at the World
Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1976.
[*Arthur] Dula, lawyer and board member of the L-5 Society
Dr. [*Robert] Forward, physicist and science-fiction author
Dr. [*Eloise R.] Giblett, genetic researcher specializing in
blood types
The Gordfather, a.k.a. Gordon R. Dickson, science-fiction author
and "godfather" of the Dorsai Irregulars
Harlan [*Ellison], science-fiction author, editor of Dangerous
Visions, and TV producer.
Dr. [*James] Gunn, science-fiction author and scholar; retired
founder of the Science Fiction Studies program and Lawrence University in
Kansas
Dr. Hartwell [science-fiction publisher David Hartwell?]
[Robert and Virginia] Heinlein
Hoyle [science-fiction author and astronomer Fred Hoyle, or his
brother Geoffrey?]
[Phillip] Latham, pseudonym of science-fiction writer Robert S.
Richardson
Fritz [*Leiber, science-fiction author]
Kat Moore [science-fiction author Catherine L. Moore]
Fuzzy Pink [Niven, wife of science-fiction author Larry Niven]
Larry [*Niven, science-fiction author; his attendance is
plausible because of the positive ID of his wife]
Andre [*Norton, science-fiction Grand Master]
Dr. [*Alan E.] Nourse, physician and science-fiction author
Anne Passovoy, Chicago area singer/songwriter and member of the
Dorsai Irregulars. In The Number of the Beast, she sang "The Grand
Canal", accompanied by "Noisy"
Rhysling, at the Convocation of the Interuniverse Society conference.
[Dr. Robert] Passovoy, Chicago-area physician and member of the
Dorsai Irregulars.
[Edgar Allan] Poe, horror writer
Jerry [*Pournelle], science-fiction writer and authority on
computer science.
Dr. [*Robert W.] Prehoda, futurologist and science-fiction
writer.
Gene [Roddenberry], creator of Star Trek
Dr. [*Milton] Rothman, physicist and science-fiction author
Dr. [*Carl] Sagan, astronomer, author of science books and
science-fiction novels
Dr. [*Stanley] Schmidt, science-fiction author, former physics
professor, and editor of Analog magazine
[*Thomas N.] Scortia, science-fiction author
Cliff [*Clifford Simak, science-fiction author]
[*Jack] Williamson, science-fiction author
Characters
in Heinlein's Other Stories
Anne (no last name) , Jubal Harshaw's secretary in Stranger in
a Strange Land
Dawn Ardent, member of the Church of All Worlds in Stranger in
a Strange Land
Arthur Conan Doyle — a Venerian dragon from Between
Planets who adopted this name, not the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories
Dr. [*Jesse F.] Bone, veterinarian who appeared briefly in To
Sail Beyond the Sunset
[Joseph and Penelope] Bonforte, of Double Star
[*Donald] Cargraves, scientist who built a moon ship in Rocket
Ship Galileo
Ben [*Caxton], reporter and member of the Church of All Worlds in
Stranger in a Strange Land
Dr. [*Bob] Coster, "The Man Who Sold the Moon"
Dorcas (no last name), Jubal Harshaw's secretary in Stranger
in a Strange Land
Dr. [*Archibald] Douglas of "Let There Be Light"
Justin [*Foote], of Time Enough for Love
Podkayne Fries, heroine of Podkayne of Mars
Winnie Gerston, nurse in I Will Fear No Evil
Oscar Gordon, hero (literally!) of Glory Road
Ishtar Hardy, member of the Long clan of Time Enough for
Love, Number of the Beast, and To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Jubal Harshaw, of Stranger in a Strange Land, with minor
appearances in The Number of the Beast, and To Sail Beyond the
Sunset
Dr. Hedrick [Curt Hedrick of I Will Fear No Evil, or one
of the Howard
Families Hedricks?]
Jonathan Hoag, from "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag"
Galahad Jones of Time Enough for Love, also appearing in
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Holly Jones of "The Menace From Earth"
Athene Long, of Time Enough for Love
Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee Long, of Time Enough for Love
Minerva Weatheral Long, of Time Enough for Love
Tamara Long, of Time Enough for Love
Undine Long, of Time Enough for Love
Mike [the computer, of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]
Miriam (no last name) of Stranger in a Strange Land
Mordan Claude of Beyond This Horizon
Dr. Mott [of "Blowups Happen"?]
Hugo Pinero, of "Life Line"
"Noisy" Rhysling of "The Green Hills of Earth"
Rufo, of Glory Road
Sir Isaac Newton, the Venerian dragon in Between Planets
Star, of Glory Road
Edith Stone, of The Rolling Stones
Hazel Meade Stone, of The Rollings Stones, with clues in
The Number of the Beast that she is Hazel Meade from The Moon Is a
Harsh Mistress
Pollux and Castor Stone of The Rolling Stones
Ira Weatheral, of Time Enough for Love
Characters from Other Authors' Stories
Caleb Catlum, from Vincent McHugh's Caleb Catlum's America
[Caleb Catlum's America; the enlivening wonders of his adventures,
voyages, discoveries, loves, hoaxes, bombast and rigmaroles in all parts of
America, from his birth in 1798 almost to the present year, told by himself
... Edited with an introduction by Vincent McHugh.]
Dr. Challenger, hero of Arthur Conan Doyle adventure stories
Dr. Fu [Manchu?]
[Sherlock Holmes] (Not mentioned by name, but someone with his exact
appearance is described as attending)
Sheffield [One of Lazarus Long's Sheffield offspring (see Time Enough
for Love) or science-fiction author Charles Sheffield?]
Slaughter
Smith (too many candidates, in real life and in the novels; one
possibility is science-fiction author E.E. "Doc" Smith, cited earlier in
The Number of the Beast)
Dr. Taine
Sir Tenderloin the Brutal (participant in the Society for Creative
Anachronism joust)
Jerry (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] One of the judges of the Society
for Creative Anachronism joust at the Interuniverse
Society conference. He is also mentioned as covering the convention for
his journal. [SF and science writer Jerry Pournelle?]
After returning to his "present" following the events in Time Enough
for Love, Lazarus Long made plans to return to the moment of his mother's
death, to rescue her and bring her to Tertius
for rejuvenation.
The plan succeeded with the help of the Gay
Deceiver crew.
Camelot was a favorite fantasy world chosen by all four crew members of
the Gay
Deceiver. When they arrived in a universe presumably based on Arthurian
myths, they were promptly attacked by a knight and left immediately.
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.
After Lazarus mastered time travel,
he went back to retrieve Libby's body, 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 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.
He introduced himself to the crew of the Gay
Deceiver as Aaron
Sheffield, but was recognized immediately in his real identity 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.
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.
Her full name is given as Dr. Minerva Long Weatheral Long.
The "Mars" that the crew of the Gay
Deceiver visited had an earthlike environment and had been colonized by
both Great Britain and Russia. The natives were less intelligent than humans
and were domesticated as field hands.
The "wogs" on the Mars visited by the Gay
Deceiver resembled the Black
Hats that were apparently pursuing the crew, but were no more intelligent
that Earth dogs.
Ira
Weatheral's computer on Secundus.
"She" was self-aware with a fully developed personality. Ira also called her
"Little Nag". She duplicated her memories into a computer aboard the Dora, named
Athena so that her own personality and many of her memories could be implanted
in a cloned human body. After "incorporation" she assumed the name Minerva
Long Weatheral Long. (She first appears in Time Enough for Love.)
Colonel in the Russian Viceroy's Imperial Guard on Barsoom,
who attempted to confiscate the Gay
Deceiver and take her crew prisoner. Zebadiah
Carter burned his ornithopter and effected their escape. Zeb also called
him by a variety of insulting names. A bartender in the Interuniverse
Society conference resembled him.
A unanimous choice of fantasy world among the crew of the Gay
Deceiver. Hilda
Burroughs speculated that the red fog they encountered was from that
universe.
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 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.
Claiming to be an agent of the InterSpace Patrol, he tried to arrest Zebadiah
Carter at the Interuniverse
Society conference. Hilda
Burroughs thwarted him and discovered that he was a Black
Hat. He tried to escape via Bifrost,
but it dissolved and he tumbled to an unknown destination.
One of the universes visited by the crew of the Gay
Deceiver. Deety
Burroughs was especially greeted as a frequent visitor. In the Emerald
City, the crew met numerous characters from the stories by L. Frank Baum.
Betsy [Bobbin]: A little girl from Oklahoma who ends up in Oz
when she is washed overboard in a storm at sea. (Tik-tok of Oz)
Cap'n Bill: An ex-sailor who has been Trot's companion from birth
as he was her mother's star boarder. (The Scarecrow of Oz)
Eureka: Dorothy's white kitten, who becomes the Pink Kitten when
Dorothy becomes a permanent resident of Oz. (Dorothy and the Wizard in
Oz)
Glinda the Good: The Good Witch of the South, who aids Dorothy in
her quest to return home from Oz in the first story, and appears in later
stories. (The Wizard of Oz)
Hungry Tiger: A tiger whose conscience will not let him eat other
animals. (Ozma of Oz)
King of the Flying Monkeys: The chief of the Flying Monkeys (or
Winged Monkeys), who leads his troop into action when called by the wearer
of the Magic Cap. (The Wizard of Oz)
Jack Pumpkinhead: A very agreeable but rather simple-minded
person made by Tip, with a wooden body and a head carved from a pumpkin. was
brought to life by Mombi when she sprinkled the Powder of Life on him.
(The Marvelous Land of Oz)
The Sawhorse: A wooden sawhorse brought to life by Tip by
applying the Powder of Life. He became one of the regulars in the royal
retinue of the Land of Oz. (The Marvelous Land of Oz)
Scarecrow: A man made of straw who travels with Dorothy to see
the Wizard of Oz to ask for a brain. He later becomes the Emperor of the
Winkies. (The Wizard of Oz)
Tik-Tok: A copper mechanical man who has a wind-up mechanism for
thinking, speaking, walking, and other movements. Dorothy found him in the
rock chamber where he had been hidden. He became an honored member of Ozma's
retinue. (Ozma of Oz)
The Tin Woodman: A wood chopper made of tin. The Wicked Witch of
the East caused him to have accidents with his ax, cutting off parts of his
body, which he replaced with tin parts. He traveled with Dorothy to the
Wizard of Oz to ask for a heart. (The Wizard of Oz)
Toto: Dorothy's faithful dog who travels with her in the many
adventures in the Land of Oz. (The Wizard of Oz)
Trot: A little girl whose real name is Mayre Griffiths. She and
Cap'n Bill were swept by a whirlpool from the California coast to the Land
of Oz. (The Scarecrow of Oz)
Professor H. M. Wogglebug: A Highly Magnified Wogglebug who has
been Thoroughly Educated thanks to Professor Nowitall. (The Marvelous
Land of Oz)
The Woozy: A creature about the size of a goat that appears to be
made from building-block shaped parts covered with a smooth, tough dark blue
skin with only three hairs on the very tip of its tail. (The Patchwork
Girl of Oz)
The self-aware computer that acted as secretary to Jubal
Harshaw while he visited the Long
household, transcribing his stories before he dictated them.
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.)
"Pay Day"
Deety
Burroughs' name for the song whose cadence was used to activate Gay
Deceiver; she learned it from her maternal great-grandfather.
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.
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.
Widely used, it involved replacement of vital organs as well as chemical
restoration of the body's functions. The patient could be made to look any
age, while functioning youthfully. Cloned bodies were often grown to provide
compatible replacement organs.
The Gay
Deceiver crew's name for the area on Barsoom
in which they landed; it was apparently controlled by Russian colonists and
military. (It was also called New Russia.)
Song that Dora offered
to sing to the Gay
Deceiver crew. It is also the nickname of Lazarus' sister Carol,
for reasons not given (but see La
Fiesta de Santa Carolita in To Sail Beyond the Sunset.)
Zebadiah
Carter claimed this was his title when he attended Heidelberg,
from his fencing prowess; no one ever got through his guard to give him the
usual fencing scars.
Secundus
Home planet of the Howard
Families after the Great
Diaspora. It was run as a benevolent dictatorship. [Latin, "second"]
(Also in Time Enough for Love; mentioned briefly in To
Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Beowulf Shaeffer
L.
Ron O'Leemy claimed to have a warrant for his arrest.
Aaron Sheffield
Lazarus
Long initially used this alias when the Dora picked
up the Gay
Deceiver; he claimed the honorary rank of Commodore.
[mentioned in passing] Author of Thoughts at
Evening, a book used for "unsympathetic magic" in a Jubal
Harshaw story.
Giles Smythe-Belisha
Member of the Marston
expedition into Sumatra; he was presumed dead after other members' bodies were
found
Betty Smythe-Carstairs
Wife of the Governor of Windsor
City. He'd taken the post on Mars because
the lower gravity was good for her "medical condition (alcoholism). See also
Betty.
Herbert Evelyn James Smythe-Carstairs
His Excellency Lieutenant General, the Right Honorable. KG, VC, CBE,
Governor General of the Imperial Realms Beyond the Sky; Governor of the
British colony on Barsoom.
He was usually called Bertie by
his friends. He recruited the Gay
Deceiver to reconnoiter the rival Russian settlements.
Snob (no other name)
Contractor at the Interuniverse
Society conference, in charge of seeing to the guests' needs and making
all other arrangements. The waiters and bartenders were his doppelgangers.
Snug Harbor
The cabin, mostly underground, that Jacob
Burroughs built on wilderness land he leased from the government. It was
equipped with all amenities and with formidable security devices. It was also
the location of his time machine.
This story got two votes for Favorite Universe among the crew of the Gay
Deceiver. Zebadiah
Carter's reaction was, "My God, the things some writers will do for
money."
"A Survey of the Minor Flora of Clay County, Missouri"
[mentioned in passing] Master's thesis of Julius Farping in
Jubal
Harshaw's story, "Uncle Tobias".
British colony on Barsoom.
The population consisted of officers and enlisted men, civil servants,
transportees, and their spouses and dependents. The natives, a less
intelligent version of Black
Hats, were called "wogs" and used as field hands. The Gay
Deceiver visited the settlement hoping to recharge energy supplies and buy
clothing.
[mentioned in passing] Middle Earth, a unanimous choice of
fantasy world among the crew of the Gay
Deceiver. They did not actually visit it.
Dr. Cecil Yang
[mentioned in passing] Member of the Marston
expedition into Sumatra, whose body was found with Zebulon
Carter's.
Year They Hanged the Lawyers
In Beulahland,
this momentous event occurred in 1965. It is never mentioned in the history
books, and information about it is restricted.
The Yearbook of the Department of
Agriculture
[mentioned in passing] The 1904 edition was used in Jubal
Harshaw's story "Uncle
Tobias" for "unsympathetic magic".
The Years of Rising Waters
Events in the 15th century in Beulahland
resulted in new shorelines, political upheaval, a resurgence of the Black
Death, and mass emigration from Britain and the European lowlands to North
America.
The Heinlein
Society was founded by Virginia Heinlein on behalf of her husband, science
fiction author Robert Anson Heinlein, to "pay forward" the legacy of Robert A. Heinlein to future generations of "Heinlein's Children."