Title given by the ghostwriter to Humphrey Wingate's book about his experiences as a contract worker.
("Logic of Empire")
Carmen (Carmencita) Ibañez
Member of Juan Rico's high-school graduating class. She joined the Federal Service to become a spaceship pilot. She was assigned as junior watch officer and pilot-under-instruction to the Corvette Transport Mannheim.
(Starship Troopers)
Clemente Ibañez
Judge who presided over the debtor trial in Mazatlán for Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson. When they were indentured to pay off their debt to the Coast Guard, he insisted that they be purchased as a couple.
Park in Mazatlán where Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson frequently spent their day off. They were relatively safe atop it during the earthquake. Its Spanish name was el Cerro de la Nevería.
Large, troll-like golem designed to prevent travellers from entering Nevia Valley. Not too bright and easily offended, he was goaded into attacking Oscar Gordon headlong and was destroyed by shoving his foot in his mouth until he'd swallowed himself and disappeared.
(Glory Road)
Ignatius (no last name)
Accountant whom Sethos ordered to settle Richard Ames' and Gwen Novak's accounts and bring cash to close them out.
During the Interregnum, the Office of the Inquisition enforced orthodoxy and obedience by severely punishing anyone accused of deviance.
("If This Goes On—")
"Inspired Games"
Name given to Ponse's business venture based on Hugh Farnham and Joseph's descriptions of ancient games such as bridge.
(Farnham's Freehold)
Institute for Advanced Studies
[mentioned in passing] Institution where Curt Reisfeld was a VIP.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Institute for Social Studies
[mentioned in passing] Organization that subcontracted with the University of Edinburgh to choose the crew-four married couples- for the first human expedition to Mars.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Institute for System Studies
Institute located on Venus; cadets might study there.
Probably a fancy name for computer; it uses paper tape. It was used for economic predictions: every transaction was entered into it and analyses were issued quarterly.
(Beyond This Horizon)
Interlingua
When Richard Baslim first acquired Thorby Rudbek, Thorby spoke this language better than any other; he eventually learned to read and write it. It was also commonly used among the Free Traders.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Internal Defense
Government agency, presumably the successors to the FBI.
"Arise, Ye Prisoners of Starvation", sung at the beginning of the Stilyagi Hall meeting. (Manuel Garcia O'Kelly observed cynically that none of the meeting's attendees looked particularly starved.)
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Interplanet Lines
Company that owned the Valkyrie and other spaceships. Many people considered it as powerful as the Federation government.
(Between Planets)
Interplanetary Patrol
Military/civil service organization that patrolled the space lanes and also monitored the system of H-bombs that orbited the planets to prevent any one government from committing aggression against others.
1. A plot by senior officers to overthrow the government by seizing control of the H-bombs was foiled by John Dahlquist.
("The Long Watch")
2. The recruits sworn in at the same time as Matt Dodson represented many countries and off-planet colonies, as indicated by their names: Adams, Akbar, Alvarado, Anderson, Angelico, Armand (Ganymede), Delacroix, DeWitt, Diaz, Dobbs, Eddy, Eisenhower, Ericsson, Jensen (Venus), Romolus, Sforza, Stanley, Suliman, Zahm.
(Space Cadet)
Interregnum (or Interregnum of the Prophets)
Theocratic and totalitarian government that prevailed in the United States around the end of the 20th century, until overthrown by the Cabal. It was founded by the demagogue Nehemiah Scudder and perpetuated by successors who were more self-serving politicians than religious fanatics, but who used religion to keep the populace under control.
("If This Goes On—", Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love; mentioned in passing in "Coventry")
Interstellar Metals
[mentioned in passing] Company in which Thorby Rudbek owned stock.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
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.
(The Number of the Beast)
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)
Interworld Transport, Pty.
Multinational corporation that destroyed Acapulco during a war with Mexico. It was owned by Shipstone.
Oscar Gordon bought a ticket as a tribute to the Goddess of Fortune after he got his discharge to Germany. He later won 52 more tickets in poker games; most of them turned out to be forged, but after returning from his quest for the Egg of the Phoenix, he learned that one of them had won him a substantial amount, of which most went to state and federal taxes.
(Glory Road)
Irrelevant
[mentioned in passing] Faster-than-light ship.
(Time for the Stars)
irrelevant bus
Vehicle designed to travel between time lines. It was probably based on the Gay Deceiver, and manufactured by a company owned by Hilda Burroughs.
[mentioned in passing] People who resembled unmutated Earth humans, and were presumably descendants of humans.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
K. Ito (no other first name)
Gardener living near the John Thomas Stuart who shot Lummox when he caught him eating his cabbages, causing him no harm but frightening him into a rampage that eventually took him through the main streets of Westville.
1. Interplanetary Telephone and Televideo Company. It operated between all human-inhabited planets, and was often used as a front for the Organization. Isobel Costello worked in the Venusberg office, where her father was the manager.
