Marian H (full surname not given)
[mentioned in passing] Woman with whom Jake Salomon had had an affair; he called her "Maid Marian".
(I Will Fear No Evil)

H Company
Juan Rico's platoon in basic training, under Sergeant Zim.
(Starship Troopers)

Haber (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Author of a book on space medicine loaned to Kip Russell by Mr. Charton.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Clem Haggerty
Broadcast executive with whom D. D. Harriman discussed beaming transmissions from the Moon.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Hagworth's Law of Contracts
[mentioned in passing] Valentine Michael Smith cited the fifth edition for proper usage of the masculine pronoun including the feminine.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Otto Hahn
[mentioned in passing] Scientist who first controlled fission of the uranium atom.
("Blowups Happen")

"Hail to Sovereign Peace"
Federation anthem.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Haileys (no first names)
Luna City neighbors of the Stones.
(The Rolling Stones)

Miss Haines (no first name)
Andrew Nivens' elderly secretary. She was infected by the puppet master that escaped from the Section's biology lab.
(The Puppet Masters)

Halcyon
1. [mentioned in passing] Colony planet. The trust fund that Hartley Baldwin left for Friday would pay for her migration there.
(Friday)
2. Colony planet, official designation Nu Pegasi VI; a stop of Asgard's itinerary.It is described as having cold winters and being not yet economically independent.
(Starman Jones)

R.S. Half Moon
[mentioned in passing] Supply ship to Space Station One during its construction.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

Hall of Romulus and Remus
Room in the Hall of the Wolf where McFee Norbert arranged a meeting with Hamilton Felix.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hall of the Mountain King
Site in Luna City, from its name probably a vast cavern.
("The Menace from Earth")

Hall of the Wolf
Headquarters of the Ancient Benevolent and Fraternal Order of the Wolf. It was used as a meeting place by the Survivors Club.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hall of Welcome
Port of entry and customs office for Mars, located on Phobos.
(The Rolling Stones)

Hallelujah Node
Mining strike in the Asteroid Belt, and location of Rock City.
(The Rolling Stones)

Steve Halliday
Helicopter pilot who rescued Hartley Baldwin and Joe Briggs from Mrs. Keithley's minions.
("Gulf")

"Halls of Montezuma"
Marching song popular at Camp Arthur Currie.
(Starship Troopers)

Hamilton Felix
The "culmination of a three-hundred-year program of controlled genetics". Unfortunately for the genetic planners, he had no interest in producing offspring. After thwarting a revolt by the Survivors Club and falling in love with Longcourt Phyllis, he took more of an interest in life. In response to his demand to know whether life had meaning, a colossal research project into that question was organized by the government. He and Phyllis had two children, Hamilton Justina and Hamilton Theobald.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hamilton Justina
Daughter of Hamilton Felix and Longcourt Phyllis, given the name at the suggestion of Espartero Carvala. There are hints that she is the reincarnation of Espartero.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hamilton Theobald
Son of Hamilton Felix and Longcourt Phyllis. He had an eidetic memory and showed signs of being a telepath.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hamilton's Hazards
See Lady Luck, Inc..
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hammond (no first name)
Radio operator on Space Station One during its construction.
("Delilah and the Space Rigger")

Hanako (no first name)
Sergeant who led Matt Dodson's first extravehicular activity training session.
(Space Cadet)

Hand of the Emperor
See Imperial Hand.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Book included in the Galileo Marching-and-Chowder Society library.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Handbook of Mechanical Engineering
Book included in the Galileo Marching-and-Chowder Society clubhouse library.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)

Handbook of Power, Light, and Conditioning
A Sacred Book, lawfully held only by the Chief Engineer. The Ship's Crew long ago lost all understanding of its contents.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Handy (no first name)
Senile Supreme Court Justice who overturned standards for lunar immigration. The Lunar colonies ignored him because he lacked jurisdiction.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Hank (no last name)
Son of Fred and Della; he accompanied Joan Eunice Smith on her ocean voyage.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Hank's Grill
Small-town diner where Valentine Michael Smith worked as a dishwasher and Jill Boardman as a waitress; they stayed there one week.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Hanley (no first name)
Principal of Centerville High.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Hannegan (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Name listed on the Nautilus roster.
(Between Planets)

Hannigan (no first name)
Atomics worker seen drinking alone at DeLancey's Sans Souci Bar.
("Blowups Happen")

Hans (no last name)
1. Bartender aboard the SS Konge Knut.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
2. Member of Pat Bartlett's family, possibly a son-in-law.
(Time for the Stars)
3. Wine steward at the restaurant where Richard Ames had his dinner interrupted by Herr Nameless.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Hansea
The Free Trader ship that Richard Baslim saved from slave raiders.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Hansen (no first name)
Captain of the Konge Knut.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Thor Hansen
Building superintendent of the loft that Sam Cavanaugh rented while a puppet master host. Sam infected him with a puppet master.
(The Puppet Masters)

Hanshaw
Sport model of spaceship (runabout) mentioned in passing by Hazel Stone in response to Roger's quoting the line from Hamlet, "I can tell a hawk from a handsaw."
(The Rolling Stones)

Hanson (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Legal officer of the Astrogators' Guild.
(Starman Jones)

Hanson Family
Neighbors of the Lazarus Long homestead on New Beginnings (on which Lazarus used the name Woodrow Smith). Hilda Hanson married Lazarus' son Zack Smith, and Ole Hanson married his daughter Helen Smith. Sven Hanson and Ingrid Hanson are also mentioned.
(Time Enough for Love)

Happiness
Euphoric drug issued to the servants of the Chosen, intended to keep them docile. It is nontoxic but highly addictive. Its use is voluntary, but almost all the servants indulge.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Happy Chance Salvage Service
Company owned by Jinx Henderson.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

"Happy Faces Uplifted"
[mentioned in passing] Fosterite hymn.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

"happy thing"
Vegan artifact sent back with Peewee Reisfeld and Kip Russell. It resembled abstract sculpture and emanated the Mother Thing's comforting "presence".
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Happy Thoughts Meditation Chamber
Thomas Boone's name for the room at Archangel Foster Tabernacle where the embalmed Ben Foster was displayed. Valentine Michael Smith sensed "a great wrongness" there.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Happy Valley
1. Name given to the valley found by the planetary survey team of which Bill Lermer was a member.
(Farmer in the Sky)
2. Name chosen by Dora Brandon for the homestead founded by her and Lazarus Long on New Beginnings.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hard Rock Patrol
Ganymede Scout Patrol to which Hank Jones and Vic Schultz belonged. They helped build a farmhouse for Bill Lermer's family.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Judge Hardacres (no first name)
The dead man whom Maureen Johnson found in her bed at the Grand Hotel Augustus. He was killed by the Committee for Aesthetic Deletions.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hardecker (no first name)
1. [mentioned in passing] Name listed on the Nautilus roster.
(Between Planets)
2. Principal at the Dallas high school from which Donald Smith graduated.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Jeff Hardesty
A student at Goddard Institute in Luna City, a friend of Holly Jones and her partner in spaceship designing. Though she claimed the relationship was strictly business, she was greatly annoyed by the time and attention he lavished on Ariel Brentwood, an actress and tourist from Earth. But when Holly broke both arms saving Ariel from a fall while flying, Jeff was completely concerned for her and barely noticed Ariel. There are strong hints that the two would eventually marry, but Holly still intended to be engineering partners.
Mrs. Hardesty (no first name)
Jeff's mother appears briefly.
("The Menace from Earth")

Mistress Hardesty (no first name)
Alias by which Richard Ames addressed Gwen Novak while interrogating the nightwalker who intercepted them as they tried to leave her apartment. [If this story takes place in the same universe as "The Menace From Earth" (see Jeff Hardesty), the surname may be common in Luna.]
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Hardy
One of the Howard Families. The name endured at least into the centuries when Secundus and Tellus Tertius were settled.

Bertram Hardy
Howard Families member who advocated using force to deal with their short-lived opponents; he made a distinction between homo vivens [members of the Howard Families] and homo moriturus [everyone else].
(Methuselah's Children)

Charles Hardy
[mentioned in passing] Member of the Howard Families, father of Edmund Hardy.
(Methuselah's Children)

Edmund Hardy
1. Howard Families member who loaned clothes to Lazarus Long after his dive into Lake Michigan to escape pursuing proctors. He was Lazarus' great-great grandson, and a member of the Foote family.
(Methuselah's Children)
2. [mentioned in passing] Descendant of Lazarus Long, lived 2099–2259. [Possibly the same person as in Methuselah's Children.]
(Time Enough for Love)

Edward Hardy
[mentioned in passing] Howard Families member, grandfather of Edmund Hardy.
(Methuselah's Children)

Eugene Hardy
Husband of Maureen Johnson's great-granddaughter Anne Barstow, a member of the Howard Families.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Gordon Hardy
1. Chief biologist and longevity researcher for the Howard Foundation.
(Methuselah's Children)
2. [mentioned in passing] Ship's surgeon in the New Frontiers. [Probably the same person as in Methuselah's Children.]
(Time Enough for Love)

Ishtar Hardy
1. Chief technician in Secundus' rejuvenation clinic, who personally attended Lazarus Long after his rejuvenation. The name "Ishtar" was bestowed upon her by Galahad Jones (her original name is not given), and it pleased her so much that she had her name legally changed to it. She migrated to Tertius and became head of the rejuvenation clinic there.
(Time Enough for Love)
2. Technician who oversaw Maureen Johnson's rejuvenation. She attended the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)
3. Rejuvenator on Tellus Tertius, a member of the Long extended family and a descendant of Eleanor Weatheral.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Meg Hardy
Member of the Howard Families, Lazarus Long's third wife.
(Time Enough for Love)

Nancy Jane Hardy
Great-great granddaughter of Maureen Johnson, born June 22, 1952, to Anne Barstow and Eugene Hardy. She married Charles Foote.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Pete Hardy
Pilot of the submarine that picked up Mary Sperling and Lazarus Long after their escape from proctors.
(Methuselah's Children)

Philip Hardy
[mentioned in passing] Howard Foundation trustee.
(Methuselah's Children)

Jake Hardy-Owens
[mentioned in passing] Howard Families member, a Libby professor of mathematics [The title is almost certainly in honor of Andrew Jackson Libby].
(Time Enough for Love)

Hargrave Caleb
Assistant to Dr. Thorgsen.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Roland Hargraves
[mentioned in passing] Crew member of the Astarte, who died soon after its landing on Venus of a virulent fungus infection.
(Space Cadet)

Harkness (no first name)
1. Captain of the Mayflower. He set up a Scout merit badge test for ballistics and astrogation.
(Farmer in the Sky)
2. Scoutmaster of Scout Troop Three in Luna.
("Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon")

Cal Harper
Atomics plant engineer relieved of duty by Dr. Silard when his behavior patterns changed. He was put to work on research, and developed an atomic fuel suitable for space flight.
("Blowups Happen")

Harper (no first names)
Settlers on New Beginnings into whose old house Dora Brandon's family moved when the Harpers went homesteading. Her parents died when the house burned down.
(Time Enough for Love)

Harper-Erickson fuels
Artificial isotopes developed by engineers working for D. D. Harriman. The fuel could be used in space flight. (Developed in "Blowups Happen", but not called there by this name. See Gus Erickson and Cal Harper.)
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Harrickson (no first name)
Member of the Survivors Club conspiracy, given unspecified assignments for the revolt.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Charlotte Harriman
D. D. Harriman's wife. She opposed his "wild schemes" such as sending a rocket to the moon.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon", "Requiem")

Delos D. Harriman
Business tycoon who inspired and largely funded many space-related endeavors, including the first trip to the moon. Harriman is mentioned indirectly in most of the Future History stories, mostly in businesses and institutions bearing his name:
  • Harriman & Strong, a development firm in which he was a partner with George Strong ("The Man Who Sold the Moon", To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
  • Harriman Enterprises, the contractor that financed Space Station One and employed many of the workers on it ("The Man Who Sold the Moon", "Delilah and the Space Rigger", To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
  • Harriman Foundation, which funded scientific research ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
  • Harriman Hall, a training center for pilots ("The Green Hills of Earth")
  • Harriman Memorial Park, just east of which a reservation was set up for the Howard Families (Methuselah's Children)
  • Harriman Memorial Refuge, a fund for the orphans of spacemen (Time Enough for Love)
  • Harriman Scholarships, a program financed by his investments in lunar companies ("Requiem")
  • Harriman Tower, headquarters for applications for emigration to the Moon ("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
  • Harriman Trust, business established for developing Luna ("The Black Pits of Luna"); parent company of other businesses owned by Harriman ("The Man Who Sold the Moon"); and banking establishment on Secundus (Time Enough for Love)

Many stories also include various references to the Harriman spaceships.

In "The Man Who Sold the Moon", he is a businessman and developer whose lifelong dream was to go to the moon. He threw all of his resources and his considerable influence into the project, but was at the last denied the opportunity to go himself.

In "Blowups Happen", he is the founder of Rockets Consolidated, and he underwrote the first issue of Antarctic Pitchblende.

In Methuselah's Children, he is mentioned in passing as the man who launched the first Moon rocket.

In "Requiem", he secretly financed a moon rocket to take him personally to the Moon, launching in spite of legal attempts to stop him; and died shortly after landing on the lunar surface.

In To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Lazarus Long advised the Howard Foundation to invest in companies that Harriman owned.

("The Black Pits of Luna", "Blowups Happen", "Delilah and the Space Rigger", "The Green Hills of Earth", "It's Great to Be Back!", "The Man Who Sold the Moon", Methuselah's Children, "Requiem", Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman & Strong
Corporation whose subsidiaries and affiliates included:
  • Allied Enterprises
  • Andes Development Company [Probably located in the Andes Mountains of South America; therefore possibly founded to develop launch sites.]
  • Antipodes Transways
  • Belt Transport Corporation
  • Hughes Field [rocket port]
  • New World Homes (also mentioned in To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
  • Roadways
  • Skyblast Freight (In To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Maureen Johnson was a director in 1970.)
("The Man Who Sold the Moon", To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman Building
Headquarters of Harriman Enterprises.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman Hilton
Hotel built on the site of Maureen Johnson's farmhouse. In time line eleven, 200 years after it was built, it was the Grand Hotel Augustus.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman Industries
Company that bought as much land as it could along the site of the Cleveland-Cincinnati moving road. (One of D. D. Harriman's companies, of course.)
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman Line
Interplanetary transportation company owned by D. D. Harriman.
("The Green Hills of Earth"; briefly mentioned in To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

D. D. Harriman Prairie Highway
Automated road that ran from Kansas City to Denver. [Probably along the route of Interstate 70.]
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Harriman Tower
Building in New York City owned by Harriman Industries.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Thomas P. Harrington
Mathematician and director of the U.S. Naval Observatory. He raised fears that the atomic plants were unstable and may blow up.
("Blowups Happen")

Harrison
(no first name) [mentioned in passing] Denizen of the Midway-Copton building.
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")

Harry (no last name)
1. Engineer who worked to restore communications in the Moon after the counterattack by Earth.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
2. Pilot on Matt Dodson's first test flight; probably himself a cadet.
(Space Cadet)

Jubal Harshaw
1. Millionaire lawyer, physician, and writer to whose Poconos retreat Jill Boardman brought Valentine Michael Smith. He was a self-described bon vivant, sybarite, neo-pessimist philosopher, professional clown, amateur subversive, and parasite by choice. The missing Ben Caxton was returned at his instigation, and he orchestrated Mike's acceptance as a representative of the entire planet Mars as well as protection for him from those who coveted his wealth. After some reluctance, he joined the Church of All Worlds, and witnessed Mike's martyrdom.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
2. Visitor to the Lazarus Long household and the Interuniverse Society conference. He agreed to accept rejuvenation if he could keep his "old" appearance. He mentioned that his world did not experience the Nehemiah Scudder Interregnum.
(The Number of the Beast)
3. Member of the Long extended family, born 1907 in time line three.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Ed and Betty Hartley
Couple who consulted Hugo Pinero for the dates of their deaths. Despite his efforts to delay them, they were killed in a traffic accident just outside his office while hurrying to meet their friend Ellen.
("Life-Line")

Joseph Hartley
Colony hydroponicist. Because his infant daughter was sick and the power had been cut off from the colonists' refuge during their rebellion against the Mars Company, he tried to surrender but was killed as soon as the soldiers saw him. (Mrs. Hartley also appears.)
(The Red Planet)

"Satchel" Hartley (no other first name)
Contract laborer who befriended Humphrey Wingate on the Evening Star and was purchased with him. They escaped together after learning they would be sold South.
("Logic of Empire")

Hartnett Marion
A guest at Johnson-Smith Estaire's party with whom Monroe-Alpha Clifford fell in love. After a frantic search for her, he met her again in the Sierra Nevada Forest while he was still deranged from the abortive Survivors Club coup. Thinking she was a mutation, he tried to kill her, but she survived. She was actually an experimental genotype possessing extraordinary emotional control and civility. She married him in spite of his earlier behavior towards her. Clifford called her "Molly".
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hartstone (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Interplanetary Patrol member who died on the first expedition to Pluto. He had been commissioned as an officer after only a year as a cadet.
(Space Cadet)

Hartwick (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Physician known to Cynthia and Ted Randall. He "specialized in "very private operations for society people."
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")

Harvard [University]
1. [mentioned in passing] The president was elected by the student body.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
2. [mentioned in passing] One of the experimental rocket satellites operated by the Harvard Radiation Laboratory came dangerously close to the Rolling Stone's trajectory.
(The Rolling Stones)

Harvard-Carnegie Expedition
[mentioned in passing] The first Earth expedition to Mars. [Probably sponsored by Harvard University and the Carnegie Institute of Technology.]
(The Red Planet)

Dr. Cynthia Harvey
Don's mother, a native of Venus and an archeologist working on Mars. She was a member of the Organization.
(Between Planets)

Donald James Harvey
Born in transit to Ganymede of an Terran father and Venusian mother, he lived for his first few years on Venus but spent his school years on Earth. His parents ordered him to Mars, where they were working, when tensions increased between Venus and Earth, but he was caught in the Venus Republic High Guard attack on Circum-Terra and chose going to Venus over returning to Earth. After the invasion of Venus by Earth military forces he escaped from detention and joined the guerrilla insurgents. From there he was sent to Sir Isaac Newton, a Venerian dragon he'd befriended on Earth, where he learned that Sir Isaac, his parents, and various other acquaintances were working on technology that would make military aggression impossible, and that he had been given crucial information by a friend of his parents before leaving Earth. After turning over the information and seeing the defenses developed, he was sent to Mars on the prototype ship to help defeat the Earth forces and rejoin his parents. (At his ranch school he was given the nickname "Don Jaime" because of a fancy Spanish saddle his parents had given him.)
(Between Planets)

Dr. Jonas Harvey
Don Harvey's father, a noted archeologist and a member of the Organization.
(Between Planets)

Harvey (no other name)
Roadworker who objected to inflammatory talk about strikes and takeovers. He was murdered while negotiating on the government's behalf with rebel roadworkers.
("The Roads Must Roll")

Hascomb and Sons
[mentioned in passing] Shipbuilders who operated on Hekate.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Hans Haslwanter
Gatemaster at the Mars spaceport.When Larry Smith (masquerading as John Joseph Bonforte) and Penelope Russell tried to leave for their spaceship, he insisted on seeing their passports.
(Double Star)

Hassan (no first name)
Juan Rico's fellow officer candidate, nicknamed "the Assassin". He was given his assignment the same day as Johnnie.
(Starship Troopers)

Hassan the Assassin
Code name of the chairman of the Committee for Aesthetic Deletions.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

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

Captain Hattie (no other name)
Pilot of the space-to-Ganymede shuttle Jitterbug.
(Farmer in the Sky)

Rupert Hauptmann
One of the telepaths aboard the Lewis & Clark. He died in the plague contracted on Constance.
(Time for the Stars)

Fred Hauser
Miner who complained at the Stilyagi Hall meeting about the price paid by the Lunar Authority for ice.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Havely Lode
A played-out mine that Hugh Farnham owned, where he and Barbara Wells took shelter from the atomic bombardment after being returned to their own time.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Sylvia (Goldie) Havenisle
Friday's night nurse during her recovery from her kidnapping. She had helped in Friday's rescue, carrying her out of the house. Friday lived with her after Hartley Baldwin's organization was disbanded, until Goldie hired out as a nurse with a mercenary troop.
(Friday)

Havermeyer Laboratories
Research firm in which Thorby Rudbek owned stock, that also owned barge lines and bakeries. After Thorby took control of his companies, Joel de la Croix was hired here to develop a defense against slavers' paralysis beams.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Henry M. Haversham IV
[mentioned in passing] Main character in a Jubal Harshaw story.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Hawaii
A Free State during the Interregnum, and apparently a refuge for those fleeing the Prophet's tyranny.
("If This Goes On—")

Hawk
1. One of the hazards on the Nevian road beyond the Doral's territory. Extremely vicious, the birds would attack anything that moved.
(Glory Road)
2. Commercial model of spaceship mentioned by Hazel Stone in response to Roger Stone's quoting from Hamlet, "I know a hawk from a handsaw."
(The Rolling Stones)

Hazel Hayakawa
[mentioned in passing] Woman who died in a lab explosion on Luna. A memorial was set up to her and other victims.
("The Black Pits of Luna")

Hayden Planetarium
When Curt Reisfeld was a child he entered their publicity contest for a trip to the Moon; he was awarded a trip years later and his daughter Peewee Reisfeld talked him into letting her go in his place.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Hayworth Hall
Earth headquarters and training center for the Interplanetary Patrol.
(Space Cadet)

Hazel
1. Waitress in the Rimrock Restop Restaurant, a friend of Steve. After the Rapture, Alex Hergensheimer found her in Heaven working in the Holy Cow.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
2. Female contract laborer on Venus who trained Humphrey Wingate in husking swamproot. She was a follower of Nehemiah Scudder.
("Logic of Empire")

Hazelhurst (no first name)
Doctor who presided over Mary Cavanaugh's hypnotic sessions. He had spent two years on Venus.
(The Puppet Masters)

H-Bomb
1. [mentioned in passing] A favored horse in the Irish Sweepstakes.
(Glory Road)
2. John Dahlquist died of radiation poisoning after disarming H-bombs that renegade Interplanetary Patrol officers intended to use to gain control of Earth's governments.
("The Long Watch")
3. Luna City was bombarded with atomic weapons after it "dropped rocks" on Earth.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
4. The Black Hats apparently dropped a small atomic bomb on Jacob Burroughs' retreat.
(The Number of the Beast)
5. Clark Fries was given a small atomic bomb to smuggle aboard the Tricorn. He disarmed it, but later used it against Mrs. Grew.
(Podkayne of Mars)
6. Orbiting H-bombs, constantly monitored by the Interplanetary Patrol, ensured that Earth governments would not make aggressive moves.
(Space Cadet)
7. Mobile Infantry soldiers were equipped with small atomic bombs along with all their other weaponry.
(Starship Troopers)

Head Hunters
[mentioned in passing] Platoon involved in the raid on Planet P.
(Starship Troopers)

Heartbreak Node
Mining camp in the Asteroid Belt.
(The Rolling Stones)

Heavenly Emperor
Title of the ruler of the PanAsian Empire.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

Heavenly Mountains
See GO-8703-IV.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

H.E. bombs
Type of weapon carried by the Mobile Infantry. The "H.E." stands for "high explosive".
(Starship Troopers)

Cecil Hedrick
Member of the Howard Families, related to the Johnson family. He was chief communications officer on the New Frontiers.
(Methuselah's Children)

Curt Hedrick
Chief physician who attended Johann Sebastian Bach Smith after the brain transplant.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Evelyn Hedrick
[mentioned in passing] The mother of one of Ira Weatheral's grandchildren.
(Time Enough for Love)

Heather Hedrick
Woodrow Wilson Smith's wife, a member of the Howard Families.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hegemonic Guard
Military organization that served the Terran Hegemony. Thorby Rudbek joined them briefly so that they could search for his true identity and deliver him to his original home; he signed up under the name Thorby Baslim.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Tom Heimenz
Blacksmith who hired Lazarus Long for the day when Lazarus travelled back to the year 1916.
(Time Enough for Love)

F. V. Heinicke
When Ricky Gentry's grandmother won custody of her, Ricky changed her name to her grandmother's. Under this name she held a trust to which Daniel Boone Davis' stock dividends were paid, and she was cryogenically frozen in Riverside Sanctuary at age 21 until Dan was revived from his stasis. Belle Darkin had told Dan that Ricky's surname was changed, but could only offer such guesses as Haneker, Haney, Hanolon, Heinz, or Hinckley.
(The Door Into Summer)

Heidelberg
University that Zebadiah Carter attended.
(The Number of the Beast)

Heinlein(s)
Mentioned by Lazarus Long as two of the particularly dangerous people attending the Interuniverse Society conference.
(The Number of the Beast)

Heinrich (no first name)
1. Federation S.S. captain who answered Jubal Harshaw's request to see Gilbert Berquist, and who invaded Jubal's estate to arrest Jill Boardman. Valentine Michael Smith made him disappear, along with the soldiers accompanying him and their troop carrier.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
2. German recruit who accepted the challenge to attack Sergeant Zim, and was rapidly defeated.
(Starship Troopers)

Heirs of Leon Trotsky
Alias for the Council for Survival.
(Friday)

Richard Heiser
[mentioned in passing] High-school classmate of Maureen Johnson.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hekate
Planet that boasted the finest shipyards in the Galaxy, It was the usual site of the Gathering of the People of the Free Traders. ([mentioned in passing] A company on the planet is licensed to bottle Coca-Cola.)
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Helen (no last name)
1. [mentioned in passing] Friend of Phyllis Pemberton.
("Space Jockey")
2. Federico Farnese's name for Friday (probably a reference to Helen of Troy).
(Friday)

Helen of Troy
1. Spaceship mentioned in passing.
(The Rolling Stones)
2. When Oscar Gordon guessed that this was one of Star's names, she was immensely flattered but denied it.
(Glory Road)

Heliopolis
Village at one end of l'Île du Levant, where Oscar Gordon bought supplies.
(Glory Road)

"Hello, Central, Give Me No Man's Land"
[mentioned in passing] Sheet music on the piano in the Brian Smith house when Ted Bronson made his last visit there.
(Time Enough for Love)

Heloise
1. Chimpanzee involved in the first successful brain transplant.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
2. Chimpanzee used as a puppet master host by Section researchers. She learned to pick locks and transmitted puppet masters to gibbons in neighboring cages.
(The Puppet Masters)

Hemisphere Power Building
Building where D. D. Harriman and George Strong attended a meeting of the for the power company syndicate's directors, in which Harriman tried to buy patents related to space travel.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

A. P. Henderson (no other first name)
Ship's purser aboard the Konge Knut.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Gretchen Henderson
1. [mentioned in passing] Ingrid Henderson's daughter.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
2. [mentioned in passing] Great-great-granddaughter of Maureen Johnson and mother of Colin Campbell's child. She was a major in the Time Corps and one of the raiding party that rescued Mike during the Lunar Revolution. [Referred to as Gretchen Armstrong Henderson.]
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

High Grade Henderson (no other first name)
[mentioned in passing] Asteroid miner whom Charlie the hermit claimed was eaten by his partner.
(The Rolling Stones)

Ingrid Henderson
[mentioned in passing] Owner of Ingrid's Swap Shop, a general store. She was Jinx Henderson's wife, and a direct descendant of Hazel Stone.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Jinx Henderson
Salvage operator who rescued Richard Ames and Gwen Novak after their crash landing on Luna. He was owner of Happy Chance Salvage Service, Dry Bones Ice Company, Henderson's Overland Cartage Company, and John Henry Drilling, Welding and Rigging Contractors. He took Ingrid Henderson's surname when he married her; he was born John Black Eagle.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Wolf Henderson
Ingrid Henderson's son.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Henderson (no first name)
1. [mentioned in passing] Winnipeg Chief of Police.
(Friday)
2. [mentioned in passing] (Mrs.) Woman who ran a boarding house in Thebes, Missouri.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Henderson's Overland Cartage Company
[mentioned in passing] Company owned by Jinx Henderson.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Ted Hendrick
Mobile Infantry recruit who questioned the need to learn knife-throwing. Because of later offenses, he was court-martialed for disobeying orders and striking a superior, and was sentenced to ten lashes and a Bad Conduct Discharge.
(Starship Troopers)

Hendrix (no first name)
1. Chairman of the Mars Colony's governing board.
(The Red Planet)
2. Astrogator aboard the Asgard. He recommended Max Jones for astrogator training, and treated him as a protegé. He died of a heart attack during the layover on Halcyon. When the ship was stranded on Charity, the settlement's main avenue was named after him.
(Starman Jones)

Henrietta (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Colonist working in the Lowell Academy commissary when the migrating colonists took refuge there.
(The Red Planet)

Henry (no last name)
Johnny Ling claimed this was his "milk name" when he tried to persuade Don Harvey to sell him the ring that Dudley Jefferson had given him (it was embossed with an "H").
(Between Planets)

John Henry
The Joe half of Joe-Jim Gregory accepted him as a real person and regarded him as the greatest man who ever lived.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Henry Hudson
[mentioned in passing] Torchship participating in Project Lebensraum.
(Time for the Stars)

Henshaw (no first name)
One of the passengers who paid off a bet to Alec Graham after his firewalk.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Hensley (no first name)
Physician who attended Rod Walker's father.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

Herald-Tribune
1. Newspaper preferred by Kip Russell's mother.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
2. [mentioned in passing] Newspaper available in facsimile in Supra-New York.
("Space Jockey")

Herbert (no first name)
1. Owner of the Milky Way Bar frequented by Hamilton Felix. He and his wife Martha were control naturals.
(Beyond This Horizon)
2. [mentioned in passing] Person for whom a tourist overheard by the Stone family wanted to buy a souvenir turtle in Luna City.
(The Rolling Stones)

Hercules Gamma
[mentioned in passing] Planet from which Maureen Johnson claimed to be while talking to the accounting automaton in the Grand Hotel Augustus.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hercules Manpower, Inc.
Company that had originally indentured Bill Johnson according to his forged papers.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Pamela Heresford
ANZAC junior piloting officer who answered Friday's call looking for Ian Tormey.
(Friday)

Abigail Hergensheimer
Alex Hergensheimer's wife in his home universe. She was upright to an extreme, and apparently not a pleasant life companion. She made it into Heaven during the Rapture but made such a nuisance of herself complaining about others' behavior that St. Peter had her thrown out of his office.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Alexander Hergensheimer
Ordained clergyman and officer of Churches United for Decency, he was chosen the victim in a bet between Yahweh and Loki to test the faith of Yahweh's most devoted follower. While a passenger on the MV Konge Knut, he accepted a bet to try a firewalk after witnessing a demonstration, and during the walk was transported to a different universe where he was known as Alec Graham. From there, with Margrethe Gunderson he was shuttled from universe to universe, either staying just long enough to build up hope that they were finished with the ordeal, or shifted with disconcerting rapidity and frequency. He came to think of Margrethe as his wife, but although she accepted Jesus moments before the Rapture they were separated when he was taken bodily into Heaven. Deciding that eternity without her would be unbearable, he chose to go to Hell to search for her. He gained Lucifer's aid in revealing Yahweh's contrivances and winning a peaceful existence for himself and Margrethe with all memory of their experiences erased and all their desires fulfilled.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Hermes Solar Weather Station
Underground outpost on the darkside of Mercury. One of its functions was to warn ships of solar storms.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Hernandez (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] (Miss) Kip Russell's Spanish teacher.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Hespera
Native planet of spiderpuppies, on which Eldreth Coburn's father was posted as ambassador.
(Starman Jones)

Hesperidum
City along the Strymon canal north of Erymanthus canal.
(The Red Planet)

Hesperus
[mentioned in passing] Human colony planet.
(Starship Troopers)

Hester (no last name)
Housekeeper who answered Maureen Johnson's request to have the dead man removed from her bed at the Grand Hotel Augustus.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hexagon
"Landmark" on the Halcyon side of the anomaly between there and Garson's Planet.
(Starman Jones)

Bennie Hibol
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.]
(The Number of the Beast)

Hicks (no first name)
1. Captain of the Goshawk.
("The Green Hills of Earth")
2. Pilot for Trans-Lunar Transit. Jake Pemberton took his place when he got a down-check.
("Space Jockey")

Senator Hidebound (no other name)
Resident of Hog Alley, real name not given.
(Space Cadet)

Higgins (no first name)
1. Commodore who commanded the Venus Republic force that occupied Circum-Terra. He ruled that Don Harvey would be sent to Earth rather than Venus, but changed the decision when pressured by Sir Isaac Newton.
(Between Planets)
2. [mentioned in passing] Dawn Ardent's original surname.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

"High And Far"
[mentioned in passing] Volume of "Noisy" Rhysling's poetry.
("The Green Hills of Earth")

High Father of the Strange Brothers
The Jockaira's title for Slayton Ford.
(Methuselah's Children)

"High Gravity"
Castor and Pollux Stone sold tapes of this musical to Asteroid miners.
(The Rolling Stones)

High Guard
Interplanetary force of the Venus Republic.
(Between Planets)

High Minister for Peace and Security
Member of the Federation High Council who supported Willem van Tromp's decision to quarantine Valentine Michael Smith to protect him from physical stress and culture shock. (He was called "David", but his full name was not given.)
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

High Minister for Science
Member of the Federation High Council who demanded that scientists be allowed to interrogate Valentine Michael Smith immediately upon his arrival on Earth. (He was called "Pete" or "Pierre", but his full name was not given.)
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

High Trajectory
New name for Claiming Race, a game featured in Diana's Playground.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hi-Ho
[mentioned in passing] Beverage advertised in Venusberg.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Hilda (no last name)
Employee of the New Beginnings Bank of Commerce.
(Time Enough for Love)

Nelly Hildegarde
Director of the Howard Rejuvenation Clinic on Secundus, she went on leave in protest when Lazarus Long was rejuvenated against his will.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hilton Caravansary
Hotel in New Chicago where Don Harvey stayed while awaiting passage to Mars.
(Between Planets)

Hilton Tannhauser
Hotel where Podkayne, Clark, and Tom Fries stayed in Venusberg.
(Podkayne of Mars)

"Him" (no other name)
Name used by Timothy Johnson for his alien boss. The alien is described as five feet tall with squat legs and disc-like feet, a tail or third leg that balanced him while at rest, two pair of many-jointed arms, purplish-brown oily skin, and a face hideous to humans. He was the vanguard for an invasion of Earth. His entire race and their planet were "rotated" out of this dimension in punishment for their attempted crimes.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)

Hippodrome Theater
Ted Bronson took the young Woodrow Wilson Smith there to see the magician Thurston the Great.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hippolyta
Name suggested by Galahad Jones for Ishtar Hardy.
(Time Enough for Love)

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.
(The Number of the Beast)

Hired Girl
Automated floor cleaner designed by Daniel Boone Davis, also the name of the automation company founded by him and Miles Gentry.
(The Door Into Summer)

Hirohito
In Maureen Johnson's time line, he was killed in a July 7, 1945, air strike against Japan.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

History and Moral Philosophy
Class required of all high school students, though no grade was given. It was always taught by Federal Service military veterans. In Officers Candidate School, a more advanced version is required that is a deciding factor in granting commissions.
(Starship Troopers)

A History of the American People
Multivolume work by Woodrow Wilson, which Maureen Johnson read avidly when it was first published.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Fleet Sergeant Ho (no first name)
Federal Service recruiting officer who swore in Juan Rico and Carl. He was "on display" with legs and right arm missing. Johnnie met him after hours and learned that he wore prosthetics except when on duty, the missing limbs being intended to impress prospective recruits with the seriousness of their decision.
(Starship Troopers)

Jonathan Hoag
1. Well-to-do and fastidious gentleman who, realizing he had no idea what he did every day, hired Ted Randall and Cynthia Craig Randall to follow him. This assignment involved them with the plotting of the Sons of the Bird, and in untangling the mess Hoag remembered that he was not an ordinary human being but an "art critic" on Earth to experience human reality so as to judge the worthiness of the "artistic endeavor", i.e. Earth.
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
2. He was assigned to guarding the Critics' Lounge at the Interuniverse Society conference, ensuring that no one but critics would enter.
(The Number of the Beast)

Hoax
The Eater of Souls' name for Karth-Hokesh.
(Glory Road)

Mortimer Hobart (the Warden)
Former Federation senator exiled to Luna City and named Warden there. He stayed inside his Compound and let things take their own course. He was not a bad sort, but the Loonies hated him on general principles and called him "Mort the Wart". He was killed during the Revolution.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

hobgoblins
Balloon-like creatures native to Charity; they are controlled by the Centaurs.
(Starman Jones)

Hoboken Gate
Teleport Gate that had one terminal in New York City.
(Tunnel in the Sky)

The Hobo's Cookbook
[mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)

hog
One of the perils of the road beyond the Doral's lands on Nevia. They vaguely resembled Earth hogs, but were larger, uglier, much meaner, and carnivorous.
(Glory Road)

Hog Alley
Corridor Five of "A" deck aboard the James Randolph, in which Matt Dodson was assigned a berth. It was known for the carefree conduct of its inhabitants. Among other things, they organized the Hog Alley Band from the musically-inclined cadets assigned to the corridor. The Hog Alley People's Forum was a group of the older cadets, who informally took charge of the new cadets.
(Space Cadet)

Dr. Walter Hohmann
[mentioned in passing, in a footnote to the story] Pioneer in astrogation theory, his most important work was written in 1925; all subsequent work in astrogation is a refinement of his basic principles.
(Space Cadet)

Holiday
[mentioned in passing] Magazine that ran an article on "Honeymoons on the Moon".
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")

Judge Holland (no first name)
1. [mentioned in passing] Name invoked by Jubal Harshaw during his dispute with Heinrich over Heinrich's right to invade Jubal's property.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
2. Friend of Bruce Bartlett whom he wanted to read the Long Range Foundation's contract before he would sign.
(Time for the Stars)

Happy Holliday (no other first name)
[mentioned in passing] Reporter for NWNW.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Bruce Hollifield
Eagle Scout from Denver, Colorado, who was stopping over in Luna while emigrating to Venus. He was determined to make Eagle Scout for Earth, Luna, and Venus, the first and probably only Triple Eagle in history, even though he had only three weeks in Luna. While on a two-man camping trip with an experienced Lunar Scout he saved himself and the other boy after they fell into a morning glory, and there is a hint at the end of the story that he would indeed make Eagle.
("Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon")

hollow grams
Alex Hergensheimer's understanding of "holograms", used to decorate the rooms in Jerry Farnsworth's house, including changing the function of room (for example, from parlor to dining room).
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Holmes Four
See Mike.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Myra Holtz
Employee of the Department of Spatial Affairs, who acted as a bodyguard for Betty Sorenson while she was in Capital.
(The Star Beast)

"The Holy City"
1. Hymn familiar to Alex Hergensheimer, sung at the revival meeting during which the Rapture occurred.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
2. Official newspaper of New Jerusalem.
("If This Goes On—")

Holy City Transit Lines
Bus system that operated in Heaven, which Alex Hergensheimer rode during his search for Margrethe Gunderson. When a passenger on the bus asked for Alex's blessing, Alex's sainthood became manifest.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

The Holy Cow
Lunchroom in Heaven run by Luke, in life the head cook at Ron's Grill with whom Alex Hergensheimer had worked.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Holy Virgins
Women who provided sexual as well as domestic services for the Prophet. The novices apparently were kept unaware of the sexual aspects of their duties until they were chosen to attend the Prophet.
("If This Goes On—")

"Home"
Title of a propagandistic poem by Adam Selene, published in a Luna City magazine.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Home Defense Guard
Female militia formed in Luna City.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Home Life in the Colonial Days
[mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Homecrafts, Ltd.
[mentioned in passing] A division of Smith Enterprises was trying to buy control of this company.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Homing Pigeon
Spaceship belonging to a corporation "owned" by Lazarus Long. It was requisitioned by Arabelle Foote-Hedrick to send Justin Foote 45th to Tertius.
(Time Enough for Love)

homo proteus
Product of genetic experiments by the Empire of the Great Khans. They were extremely specialized, and so ultimately a failure. [Latin, "changeable man"]
(Beyond This Horizon)

Homunculi Unlimited, Pty.
[mentioned in passing] Artificial Person laboratory in South Jersey.
(Friday)

Honace Brothers, Pty.
Through his parents, Thorby Rudbek owned it indirectly through a chain of six companies, with controlling interest. He also owned noncontrolling stock with larger dividends.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

Honda
In Friday, the company made horse-drawn carriages.
(Friday)

Honey Bun
Patty Paiwonski's boa constrictor.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)

Hong Kong
1. Colony in Luna, Richard Ames' destination after leaving Golden Rule.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
2. "Adolf Belsen"'s destination (see Albert Beaumont).
(Friday)
3. Lunar colony, apparently independent of Lunar Authority but with close ties to Luna City. Its newspaper was called the Hong Kong Gong. Its currency, Hong Kong Luna dollars, was not recognized by Lunar Authority, but was accepted in the other lunar colonies and on Earth, being backed by gold and other commodities.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)

Hook Joint
Name that Hilda Burroughs proposed for an import emporium to be established in New Rome as a gift for Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee Long.
(The Number of the Beast)

Hooker (no first name)
Chief meteorologist on Ganymede.
(Farmer in the Sky)

hooly
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".
(The Number of the Beast)

Herbert Hoover
Mentioned in passing as being in charge of rationing during World War I.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hoover Medal
Order of merit awarded to Podkayne Fries' mother for the rebuilding of Phobos and Deimos.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Hope
[mentioned in passing] Alternate English translation of Willis' Martian name.
(The Red Planet)

Hopeless Pass
Feature of New Beginnings through which Lazarus Long and Dora Brandon travelled to found a homestead.
(Time Enough for Love)

Dr. Horace (no first name)
Scientist working on puppet master research.
(The Puppet Masters)

Horace Mann Grammar School
1. Kip Russell's grade school.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
2. [mentioned in passing] Akron [Ohio?] school that Steve attended.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

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

Hormone Hall
Lazarus Long's name for the bordello he managed on Mars.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hornby Willem
Survivors Club conspirator. He was accused of disobeying orders and summarily executed.
(Beyond This Horizon)

horned ghosts
Unpleasant denizens of Nevia Valley: "much like the Minotaur; from [belly] down they were splay-footed satyrs." Oscar Gordon had to fight through them to get to the Doral's land.
(Glory Road)

Hornets
[mentioned in passing] Platoon under the same commander as Rasczak's Roughnecks.
(Starship Troopers)

Hornsby (no first name)
1. [mentioned in passing] (Brother) Sports coach for a Fosterite church whose stereocast Valentine Michael Smith watched.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
2. Passenger in the Asgard.
(Starman Jones)

Anna Horoshen
One of the telepaths in the Lewis & Clark.
(Time for the Stars)

Becky Horoshen
The Earthside twin of one of the telepaths in the Lewis & Clark.
(Time for the Stars)

Horowitz (no first name)
Original publisher of "Noisy" Rhysling's songs.
("The Green Hills of Earth")

horses
1. Horse-drawn carriages were common means of transportation within cities; powered vehicles were strictly limited.
(Friday)
2. The riding beasts of Nevia resembled horses except that they had eight legs and pads instead of hooves, and were omnivorous.
(Glory Road)
3. Horses would not breed on Barsoom, but the British colonists hoped to overcome that problem.
(The Number of the Beast)
4. Animal unknown on the Ship except in fiction. Joe-Jim Gregory learned about horses through his reading.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Horst-Conrad Impellers
Hyperspace drive. (Perhaps the same as Horst-Milne-Conrad?)
(Starman Jones)

Horst-Milne-Conrad Drive
Faster-than-light drive devised by the Organization. (Perhaps the same as Horst-Conrad Impellers?)
(Between Planets)

Horus (no last name)
Narrator of the Jubal Harshaw story "Uncle Tobias".
(The Number of the Beast)

Hoskins Geraldine
Representative to the Genetic Planning Council from the Northwest region.
(Beyond This Horizon)

Hoskins (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Employee of Amalgamated Life Insurance.
("Life-Line")

Hospitality Room
Misleadingly named room where travellers to and from Mars waited to go through customs.
(Podkayne of Mars)

Hotel de las Olas Altas
Hotel in Mazatlán in which Alex Hergensheimer claimed to have been staying, so that he could get his passport "replaced" after the earthquake. [Spanish olas altas, "high waves"]
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Emerson Hough
Cited by David MacKinnon as a model of wilderness survival.
("Coventry")

Houlihan (no first name)
Church deacon and president of Butler State Bank. Ira Johnson called him "Deacon Hooligan".
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

house
Unknown on the Ship, described as a kind of compartment. (The inhabitants of the Ship lived in the ship's berths and other chambers, not in free-standing dwellings.) Bill Ertz misread it as "horse", to his great confusion.
(Orphans of the Sky)

"House at Pooh Corner"
Site in Golden Rule. Richard Ames mentions it as an example of the perversions of public relations.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

House of Orange
Imperial dynasty. See King Willem.
(Double Star)

Houseboy Harry
Machine invented by Daniel Boone Davis.
(The Door Into Summer)

The Housewife's Guide to Thrifty Investing
Book that Maureen Johnson wrote under the pen name of Prudence Penny.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Hovey (no first name)
Galactic Press representative in Westville to cover Lummox's trial. He also appeared in Capital after Roy MacClure's resignation.
(The Star Beast)

Ira Howard
He lived 1825–1873. He became wealthy during the Reconstruction (after the Civil War) and mandated in his will that his money be used to "lengthen human life". The administrators of the trust attempted to satisfy this mandate by offering inducements to offspring of long-lived people to interbreed, assuming that their long lifespans may be hereditary.
(Methuselah's Children; also mentioned in Time Enough for Love and To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Howard (no first name)
Representative of the Long Range Foundation who recruited the Project Lebensraum twins for telepathic communications between starships and Earth. After Pat Bartlett was paralyzed, Howard persuaded their parents to let Pat's twin Tom go on the Lewis & Clark in his place.
(Time for the Stars)

Howard Clinic
Medical facility on Secundus; rejuvenations were performed there. (It was probably named after the Howard Foundation.)
(Time Enough for Love)

Howard Encyclopedia
Publication available on Secundus. (Probably named after the Howard Foundation.)
(Time Enough for Love)

Howard Families
Descendants of the original participants in the Howard Foundation's longevity breeding "experiments", all of them extraordinarily long-lived. They became a closely intertwined clan representing all races, united by both blood ties and business relationships. When their extraordinary longevity became public knowledge, they fled Earth to avoid persecution, returning only after medical means of prolonging life made the "secret" available to everyone. They established a colony on Secundus during the Diaspora.

The Howard Families surnames are Barstow, Briggs, Cooper [the name may have died out; no individual members are mentioned in any story], Foote, Hardy, Hedrick, Jenkins, Johnson, King, Lee, Libby, Magee, Rumsey, Schmidt, Schultz, Smith, Sperling, Weatheral.
(Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Howard Foundation
Trust formed to provide financial rewards for members of the Howard Families who interbred. It eventually branched out into research for methods of rejuvenation and prevention of aging, and also administered the legal and economic affairs of the Howard Families. Forewarned by Lazarus Long about the 1929 stock market crash, it moved its assets to Swiss bank accounts, and restructured its operations as a Canadian corporation to avoid U.S. restrictions on owning gold.
(Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)

Howard Rejuvenation Clinic
Medical facility located on Secundus and operated by the Howard Foundation.
(Time Enough for Love)

Howard University
Institution on Secundus.
(Time Enough for Love)

Alexander Hamilton (Alec) Howe
Mountaineer who was drafted by the PanAsian occupation army to serve as a guide. He was recruited to work for the Mota conspiracy.
(The Day After Tomorrow)

John W. Howe
Chairman of the Mars Company.
(The Red Planet)

Marquis Howe
Relative of the Mars Company's chairman and headmaster of Lowell Academy, who took the position just as Jim Marlowe started school there. He tried to turn the school into a military academy, considering the colonists to be "barbarians" who needed repressive discipline. He tried to steal Willis and sell him to the London Zoo. Willis' recital of a conversation between him and Gaines Beecher revealed the Company's plans to prevent the colonists' semiannual migration to a more tolerable climate.
(The Red Planet)

How-Far
[mentioned in passing] Settlement on Mars.
("The Green Hills of Earth")

Howie (no last name)
Maggie Snodgrass' late partner, whom Jinx Henderson hinted had died under suspicious circumstances.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)

Edard Hoyland
Hugh Hoyland's uncle, with whom Hugh lived.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Hugh Hoyland
1. Young resident of the Ship who was recruited to be a Scientist. He was encouraged by younger Scientists to support their plans for a new order, but was captured by muties and taken as Joe-Jim Gregory's personal servant. From Joe-Jim he learned the true nature of the Ship, and was allowed to return to Scientists' territory to persuade them to join the muties in completing the Trip. He was able to show one Scientist the Outside, but was arrested for heresy and just barely escaped with his life; he eventually fled the Ship with a few companions when they approached a habitable planet.
(Orphans of the Sky)
2. [mentioned in passing] His descendants were discovered, only a few thousand strong but still surviving.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hoyle's Book of Games
Stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter. Hugh translated it for Ponse to produce the games for the Chosen.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Hroshii (singular Hroshiu, masculine; Hroshia, feminine)
Nonhumanoid aliens, long-lived and vastly superior to any other known race. Their home planet is called Hroshijud; their language is Hroshija. They became convinced that an important Hroshia was being held on Earth and threatened to destroy it if she was not returned. After various developments, John Thomas Stuart's pet Lummox was learned to be the missing Hroshia (from her point of view, John Thomas Stuart was the pet). Because of her attachment to John Thomas, humans were able to negotiate an extremely favorable treaty in exchange for her agreeing to return home.
(The Star Beast)

Hroshijud
Home planet of the Hroshii.
(The Star Beast)

Hubbard (no first name)
Engineer on the Diego-Reno Roadtown.
("The Roads Must Roll")

Hubert (no last name)
1. Member of the Genetic Planning Council, Speaker for the Day during the hearing to consider Mordan Claude's proposal for an investigation into life after death.
(Beyond This Horizon)
2. Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's valet, hired by Jake Salomon after Johann's brain transplant.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
3. Jerry Farnsworth's name for the computer that controlled his automobile.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)

Dr. Lafayette (Lafe) Hubert
See Lazarus Long.
(Time Enough for Love)

Hudson's Manual
[mentioned in passing] Handbook of engineering mathematics that Castor and Pollux Stone claimed to know by heart.
(The Rolling Stones)

Huff
The "Satan" of the Ship, derived from Ship's metalsmith Roy Huff, leader of the ancient mutiny.
(Orphans of the Sky)

Hughes (no first name)
1. Cadet engineer killed by striking roadworkers.
("The Roads Must Roll")
2. Juan Rico's lead scout in the raid on Planet P.
(Starship Troopers)

Humanity Party
Human-supremacist and imperialist movement that split off from the Expansionist Party when the Expansionist Party evolved from a Manifest Destiny movement to one recognizing the rights of nonhuman races.
(Double Star)

Humm-Wadsworth-Burton
Psychological classification test designed to determine who was temperamentally suited for roadwork and other sensitive employment.
("The Roads Must Roll," also mentioned in "Lost Legacy.")

Humpty Dumpty
Name given to the nullboat — short-distance ground transport — used by Lazarus Long's family on Tertius.
(Time Enough for Love)

The Hungry Man
Restaurant in Gimbel's Compound from which Joan Eunice Smith bought a picnic lunch.
(I Will Fear No Evil)

Hungry Tiger
Resident of Oz who sat next to Deety Burroughs at the formal dinner held for the crew of the Gay Deceiver.
(The Number of the Beast)

Hunkies
[mentioned in passing] Breakfast cereal, sponsor of the Pidgie Widgie show.
(The Star Beast)

Asa Hunter
Farmer who helped Friday after she'd struggled into Arkansas territory following the explosion of the Skip to M'Lou. When she settled on Botany Bay, she founded the Asa Hunter Bread-Upon-the-Waters Revolving Fund to help ship jumpers and other new settlers pay their bounty to join the colony.
(Friday)

Hunter's Horn
Mountain peak near the Farnham home. Duke Farnham's recognition of it established that the bomb shelter had been hurled through time but not space.
(Farnham's Freehold)

Hunting
[mentioned in passing] An Outdoor Life publication stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter. 
(Farnham's Freehold)

Huxley (no first name)
Head of the Department of Applied Miracles at West Point when John Lyle was a cadet. He became the commanding general of the Cabal's revolutionary army, and chose John as his personal aide to help train the militia.
("If This Goes On—")

Huxley Field
Spaceport near Chicago from which Slayton Ford lifted off to rendezvous with the New Frontiers. (Possibly named after General Huxley of "If This Goes On-")
(Methuselah's Children)

Hyacinthus Veneris Johnsoni
"Venus swamproot", a native plant harvested by the natives to trade to humans, and processed by contract labor. Its use was not specified.
("Logic of Empire")

Hydra
Hegemonic Guard cruiser to which Fjalar Krausa took Thorby Rudbek after ascertaining that Thorby was not a Free Trader by birth. Thorby was sworn into the Guard until his true identity was found.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)

HyperSpace Lines
Space liner company that sent ships to The Realm; owner of the Forward.
(Friday)

hypnopedia
Subject covered in Officers Candidate School. It is probably an hypnotic learning method.
(Starship Troopers)

hypnosis
Heinlein frequently makes mention of hypnosis either as a method of psychotherapy, of education, or of interrogation.
1. Method suggested by an IBI official as a means of extracting information from Don Harvey.
(Between Planets)
2. It was used by Richard Baslim to teach Thorby Rudbek, and later by Hegemonic Guard officers to recall implanted code messages.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
3. It was used to overcome Larry Smith's phobia about Martians.
(Double Star)
4. Mary Cavanaugh underwent hypnosis to recover buried memories about her childhood experiences with puppet masters.
(The Puppet Masters)
5. Henry Kiku saw a hypnotherapist to alleviate his phobic reaction to Dr. Ftaeml's snakelike head tendrils.
(The Star Beast)
6. Hypnotherapy was apparently common in the time of Starship Troopers; Emilio Rico used it.
(Starship Troopers)

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