Earth is frequently called "Terra" in Heinlein stories. The planet is featured in every story (with the arguable exception of Orphans of the Sky); and is, geophysically at least, the same as the "real" Earth. Between Planets, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, and Red Planet describe the struggles of the human colonies in the Solar System to achieve political independence from Earth; Podkayne of Mars refers indirectly to this history.
The following references are distinctive.
1. Emigration to other planets was strongly encouraged because Earth was overcrowded to the point where it could barely sustain the population.
(Farmer in the Sky)
2. To the Crew, a mystical and strictly imaginary place. They were uncertain about the actual meaning of the term.
(Orphans of the Sky)
3. In Podkayne Fries' opinion, Earth was not truly suited to human habitation, and the human race probably didn't really originate there. Although the human colonies on other planets were politically independent, Earth still dominated them.
(Podkayne of Mars)
4. The human race has long since outgrown its home planet, and largely abandoned it for a multitude of distant planets.
College from which J. Darlington Smith graduated, no longer in existence when he was rescued from the Adirondack Stasis Field. By implication, the educational system had changed radically since the 20th century.
1. Colony planet largely settled as a retirement home. Only citizens over 70 Terran years old have voting rights; younger residents perform "public service", i.e. waiting on the elderly and doing all the unpleasant jobs by conscript labor.
(Friday)
2. Code name of a regional headquarters of the Cabal; apparently Louisville, Kentucky.
("If This Goes On—")
3. College town in Kansas in which Margrethe Gunderson and Alex Hergensheimer settled after their reunion at Koshchei's intervention. They apparently lived a life both idyllic and sybaritic, and raised many children.
Boy in Bill Lermer's bunkroom aboard the Mayflower who was brought before the Captain's Mast (official disciplinary procedure) for disobeying orders just after liftoff. He beat Bill up after Bill ordered him "stifled" during the panic following the meteor strike in the bunkroom.
Cybernetic record of the experiences of all 203 Emperors of the Twenty Universes. Each new Emperor had all the prior knowledge implanted in his/her memory to provide continuity in the government. Star recruited Oscar Gordon to help reclaim it after it was stolen by a dissident faction.
(Glory Road)
Honorable J. Dillberry Egghead
[mentioned in passing] Pat Bartlett told his twin Tom that he was watching a speech by him just before the Lewis & Clark's liftoff.
Thoroughfare in Golden Rule. [Spanish, "the royal road"]
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
El Diablo
Resident cat in Ira Weatheral's penthouse. [Spanish, "the devil"]
(Time Enough for Love)
Elinor (last name either Crampton or Lopez)
Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's granddaughter, one of the plaintiffs in the suit to have him declared legally dead after the brain transplant.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
El Nido
Free Trader ship crewed by the Garcia clan. Mata Kingsolver of the Sisu was traded to them for Loeen Garcia. [Spanish, "the nest"]
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Eleanora (no last name)
Juan Rico's maternal aunt, who sent him a letter informing him of his mother's death. She managed to imply that it was Johnnie's fault for having joined the Mobile Infantry.
Amusement park to which Ted Bronson promised to take Woodrow Smith. They did go there after the boy stowed away on a ride Ted took with Maureen Johnson Smith.
[mentioned in passing] Research paper by Archibald Douglas that inspired Mary Lou Martin to contact him with a proposal to work together to develop an inexhaustible power supply.
("Let There Be Light")
Electronics Research Company
[mentioned in passing] Lunar corporation.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
Eleven Years Old: The Pre-Adolescent Adjustment Crisis in the Male
Podkayne Fries read this book hoping it would help her cope with her brother Clark Fries (it didn't). The "years" are Terran reckoning.
Prize rose growing in Jubal Harshaw's garden. He complained loudly that the invading S.S. officers had landed on it.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Elizabeth Regina
Starship to which Max Jones was assigned as assistant astrogator after completing the Asgard journey. [Latin, "Elizabeth the Queen", probably a reference to Elizabeth I of England.]
(Starman Jones)
Elkins
One of the security police waiting in Dudley Jefferson's apartment when he and Don Harvey returned from dinner.
Social organization established on Mars; it was closed to women. Tom Fries was a member.
(Podkayne of Mars)
Ellie Ellens
"Emotional" writer, known throughout the System. She interviewed Rod Walker after the "rediscovery" of the Advanced Survival test planet, and wrote an entirely sensational version of his story.
1. Space station described by Richard Ames as a slum "with crowding and unmannerly behavior and unnecessary noise and impolite behavior."
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
2. Geostationary space station, used as a transfer point between Earth and interplanetary travel. It was apparently an independent territory (not controlled by any government or international organization).
2. Geostationary space station, used as a transfer point between Earth and interplanetary travel. It was apparently an independent territory (not controlled by any government or international organization).
When Oscar Gordon returned to Germany one his way home from Vietnam, he hoped to visit his mother, stepmother and siblings in Wiesbaden, but discovered they had just left for the United States on their way to his stepfather's new assignment at Elmendorf AFB in Alaska.
Daily news sheet in the Lewis & Clark. It carried both fleet and Earthside news. The "Elsie" is derived from LC (Lewis & Clark).
(Time for the Stars)
Ely on Inheritance and Bequest
[mentioned in passing] Book that Valentine Michael Smith quoted at length in response to a press conference question about his knowledge of inheritance laws.
Planet in the Beta Ceti system. It was mostly water-covered, habitable by humans but also inhabited by intelligent, hostile, and very large amphibians. Many of the Lewis & Clark crew were killed in the natives' attacks.
[mentioned in passing] New account that John Lyle acquired while travelling as salesman Adam Reeves.
("If This Goes On—")
Emigrants' Gap
Teleportation Gate used for transporting colonists to new planets. The original Gate stood on the Jersey Flats; the larger one currently in use was opened in '68.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Emmy Lou
[mentioned in passing] Mining node in the Asteroid Belt.
(The Rolling Stones)
Emergency Law Number One
Law declared by the Federation occupation forces on Venus, which abolished large settlements, banned prohibited gatherings larger than 10 people, and prohibited ownership of power weapons.
(Between Planets)
emperor
1. For all the airs he gives himself, the emperor, or Great Sargon, of the Nine Worlds controls only a relatively small area. The Terran Hegemony, presumably at least nominally a democracy, is the dominant political force in the galaxy.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
2. Earth is part of an interplanetary system called an Empire but run as a constitutional monarchy complete with Parliament. The role of the Emperor is strictly ceremonial. The United States had joined the "Empire" with the proviso that it would not have to recognize the Emperor's sovereignty and that no member of the Royal family would cross its borders.
(Double Star)
3. The term "emperor" is inaccurate for the rule and function of the leader of the Twenty Universes, but there is no accurate English translation for the true function.
(Glory Road)
4. In Alex Hergensheimer's world there is a Russian Emperor who is absolute monarch of vast territories.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
5. The PanAsian Empire is ruled by a "Heavenly Emperor", but apparently much of the imperial power is exercised by territorial governors.
(The Day After Tomorrow)
6. Dom Pedro III was emperor of Brazil; he greeted the crew of Lewis & Clark on their return, on behalf of the United System.
(Time for the Stars)
7. References to Imperial Marines and the Imperial Encyclopedia suggest that Earth is part of an empire.
Main reference work in the Farnham shelter. Hugh Farnham translated large parts of it for Ponse, particularly the sections on games that could be adapted and sold to the Chosen.
(Farnham's Freehold)
Encyclopaedia Terrestriana
[mentioned in passing] Volume fed to the Ship's Convertor in ancient times by a crew member who had no idea of its value, never having learned to read.
(Orphans of the Sky)
Endsville
[mentioned in passing] Terminal of the Hong Kong Luna transport system.
President of Two-Continents Amusement Corporation, a Harriman company. Initially he was the only board member besides George Strong and D. D. Harriman to favor developing space travel.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
Barbara Anne Enthwaite
[mentioned in passing] Baby girl kidnapped and killed by N. L. Dillinger.
(Starship Troopers)
Entropy, Incorporated
Corporation that arranged time jumps through the Gates invented by Jesse Ramsbotham.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
The Entropy of Joy
[mentioned in passing] Book written by the prophet of the Whitmanites.
(The Puppet Masters)
Envoy
The first ship to carry a human crew to Mars. The crew was lost.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
epileptogenetic ray
PanAsian weapon that caused a messy death by convulsions. It was frequently used for crowd control.
Current term for "democrats". Considered troublemakers on Secundus and deported if they got too demanding.
(Time Enough for Love)
Eric Gustav
Danish king of Scandinavia, with a capital in Kobenhavn in one of the worlds Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson passed through. He was born Prince Frederik. Margrethe was delighted to learn that Denmark controlled the rest of Scandinavia.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Gus Erickson
Engineer who replaced Cal Harper on watch after Harper was relieved of duty by Dr. Silard. He helped Cal develop a fuel suitable for space travel.
Assistant Chief Engineer in the Ship. Not much older than Hugh Hoyland, he held opinions that Hugh considered heretical. He became Chief Engineer while Hugh was held captive by the muties. When Hugh was released and told his story, Ertz had him arrested for heresy. Hugh escaped and had him taken to the control room to see Outside for himself. After their unsuccessful coup attempt, Ertz joined Hugh in his escape from the Ship.
[mentioned in passing] Artist that decorated the Critics' Lounge for the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)
T. Omar Esklund, Ph.D.
State executive secretary of the Keep Earth Human League. He presented a petition to Sergei Greenberg to have Lummox destroyed.
(The Star Beast)
Espartero Carvala
Patagonian representative on the Genetic Planning Council, a control natural and formidable figure. She claimed to be certain that her opinion on life after death was correct. There are implications that she was reincarnated as Hamilton Justina.
(Beyond This Horizon)
FNS Espérance
Cruiser that led the attack on Luna's ballistic radar. [French, "hope"]
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Espíritu Santo
City on Sanctuary, connected with the Mobile Infantry base and very hospitable to troopers on leave. [Spanish, "holy spirit"]
[mentioned in passing] Political union that had fought a war with the Afro-European Federation. [Spanish, "United States of the South" or "Southern United States"]
Restaurant that Estrellita and José Long opened on Landfall. They were unaware that Lazarus Long had made it possible for them to buy it. When they opened the more elegant Maison Long, it included a coffee shop named Estelle's Kitchen after their first restaurant.
Supposedly nontoxic, nonaddictive mood-altering drug; but there was agitation to class it with controlled substances. Belle Darkin was an habitual user in her later years.
Congresswoman from Maine. Her response to Schedule Bareback was to wear a low-backed evening gown.
(The Puppet Masters)
Walker Evans
Code name that reminded Richard Ames of an unspecified debt. The Walker Evans Memorial Society, also known as Friends of Walker Evans, consisted of six men and a woman, otherwise undescribed, who had the right to call in the debt. They were apparently military comrades of Ames.
Transport ship taking contract labor to Venus. It also carried first-class passengers. When Sam Houston Jones shipped as a contract laborer, unbeknownst to him his sister was in the first-class section of the ship.
("Logic of Empire")
Exchange and Readjustments
Office in Heaven to which Alex Hergensheimer was referred to change his berthing assignment.
The Federation Secretary General's headquarters, located near Washington, D.C.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Expansionist Party
Political party that was hardly more than a "Manifest Destiny" movement when it was founded on the belief that the space frontier was the most important issue in humanity's future. When John Joseph Bonforte added the ethic that with expansion must remain a dedication to freedom and equal rights, avoiding the attitude of "White Man's Burden" towards colonials or other planets' natives, he turned it into a major political force.
(Double Star)
Ezra (no other name)
Police officer who searched Sanchez's truck while John Lyle was concealed in it.
