1. Milk cow purchased by the Lermers for their homestead on Ganymede. She was named by Peggy Kenyon. She died in the aftermath of the quake that wrecked the atmosphere plant, and was replaced with Mabel II.
Location of a washroom booth through which the Section offices could be reached.
(The Puppet Masters)
MacArthur Theater
[mentioned in passing] Site where a neodog was exhibited in Juan Rico's hometown.
(Starship Troopers)
Roy MacClure
Secretary for Spacial Affairs for the Federated Community of Civilizations. As a political appointee, he was a figurehead; the real work was done by Henry Kiku.
(The Star Beast)
Malcom MacDonald
Police sergeant who was controlled by a puppet master. When he was challenged by a vigilante, he killed the man but was torn to pieces by a mob, along with his puppet master.
(The Puppet Masters)
Archie MacDougal
Chief jetman aboard the Falcon. He was an old friend and former apprentice of "Noisy" Rhysling. He died in the power room accident.
("The Green Hills of Earth")
Sandy MacDougal
Lazarus Long claimed the Wandering Jew was using that alias when they met.
(Time Enough for Love)
Malcolm MacGregor
Master sergeant aboard the Kilroy Was Here, who died in the return landing crash.
Mentioned in passing as an authority on revolutions.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Machine Tools Division
[mentioned in passing] Division of Smith Enterprises interested in acquiring control of Homecrafts, Ltd.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
MacIntosh (no first name)
1. (Miss) Johann Sebastian Bach Smith's private-duty nurse. She threatened to quit when Johann her authority and called her "Miss Bedpan". He immediately apologized and raised her salary.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
2. Chancellor of the University of New Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Maureen Johnson admired him for refusing to give in to educational fads.
Free United States citizen who was sent to Coventry after violating the Covenant and refusing "readjustment". He expected to find an anarchist's utopia, and entered his exile with a full load of camping and survival gear. His possessions were promptly confiscated by "customs guards" just inside the border, and he was arrested and imprisoned for resisting them. Fader Magee helped him to escape, and also to avoid conscription in the New American army. When they learned that New America was plotting to break out of Coventry and invade the United States, first Fader (a member of the Covenant's Secret Service) and then MacKinnon attempted to return outside to give a warning. MacKinnon was successful; once the mission was completed, he was declared cured of his antisocial tendencies. Still wanting more adventure than society offered, he considered joining the Secret Service.
Lunar immigrant who, dissatisfied with living conditions there, returned to Earth, only to realize that in spite of the inconvenience the Moon had become his home. He reapplied and was accepted for permanent Lunar citizenship.
("'It's Great to Be Back!'")
Donald MacRae
Physician in the Mars colony, friend of the Marlowes.
(The Red Planet)
Josephine MacRae
Lunar immigrant who, dissatisfied with living conditions in Luna, returned to Earth and then realized that the Moon had become home; wife of Allan.
1.Peewee Reisfeld's rag doll, which she took everywhere with her. She even had it with her when she was kidnapped and during the subsequent adventures until she returned to Earth.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
2. Clothing boutique where Joan Eunice Smith shopped during her first outing after the brain transplant.
2.Dora offered to sing "Mademoiselle from Army Tears" for the Gay Deceiver crew.
(The Number of the Beast)
Margaret Mader
Anthropologist whom the Free Traders on the Sisu allowed to travel with them, although they were normally wary of outsiders. She befriended Thorby Rudbek and did her best to explain their customs to him. When the ship reached Losian, she transferred to El Nido to return to the Terran Hegemony.
Junior medical officer aboard the Forward, who diagnosed Friday's pregnancy and jumped ship with her to settle on Botany Bay. He was probably the father of Matilda Jackson's child, though he married someone else in Botany Bay.
Fellow prison inmate who helped David MacKinnon after his arrest for resisting customs guards. They broke jail, avoided conscription, and learned of the New America plot to invade the United States. Fader was a Secret Service agent who was keeping tabs on events within Coventry. After an initial unsuccessful attempt, he made it back outside to give reports of the plot.
[mentioned in passing] Second officer on the Caravan, described by Roger Stone as a "wolf in ship's clothing". Apparently he and Meade Stone had a flirtation when the family traveled to Venus.
(The Rolling Stones)
Maginnis (no first name)
Stores clerk in the Asgard. He got drunk and was disciplined by Sam Anderson.
[mentioned in passing] Filipino hero described by Juan Rico as "great man, great soldier-probably be chief of psychological warfare if he were alive today." Johnnie believed there should be a troopship named after him.
Friend of Hugh Hoyland, who contacted the muties to rescue Hugh from execution for heresy. He accompanied Hugh on his escape from the Ship.
(Orphans of the Sky)
main control room
Room located in the center, no-gravity section of the Ship. It was said to be haunted by the ghost of Jordan. Joe-Jim Gregory brought Hugh Hoyland here to convince him that there was a universe outside the Ship.
Estrellita and José Long's second, high-class restaurant. It had a coffee shop attached to it called "Estelle's Kitchen", after the first restaurant. [French maison, "house"]
Laundry where the proprietress hid Thorby Rudbek from pursuing guards. Her man had been taken to the mines and so she never passed up a chance to thwart the Sargon's guards.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Major (no other name)
Only name used for the leader of Friday's kidnappers.
1. Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant who interrupted the broadcasts by groups claiming responsibility for Red Thursday.
(Friday)
2. (Mrs.) Landlady with whom Maureen Johnson and her father stayed when they attended the Chicago World's Fair.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Malone
"Mr. Malone wants this car-immediately" is Section code for "destroy the evidence", in this case the car that "the Cavanaughs" drove to Des Moines to check the flying saucer reports.
(The Puppet Masters)
Mamaloi
The elder sister of the deity Uncle the Mighty, of the Chosen. She was invoked as Eternal Mamaloi, a personification of the female principle.
(Farnham's Freehold)
Mamie
Milk cow purchased by the Bill Lermer's family after they rebuilt their farm following the quake. She was broken to the yoke.
(Farmer in the Sky)
MAMMA
Military base near the Farnhams' home, probable target of the atomic bombardment that hurled them into the future.
"Popular" name for Valentine Michael Smith, used in all the broadcasts and news stories about him.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Manager (or Managing Partner)
Since Golden Rule was privately owned and not chartered by any government, the Manager was the ultimate and only authority. Decisions were arbitrary and utterly final.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Hotel Manchester
Seedy hotel in which Jonathan Hoag impulsively rented a room, reluctant to go home after the doctor refused to identify the stain found under his fingernails.
Song that Johann Smith's neighbor Mrs. Wicklund played on her Victrola before seducing him (he was in his teens at the time).
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Queen Margrethe
[mentioned in passing] Queen of Scandinavia in one world in which Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson found themselves. Her capital was Kobenhavn.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Maria (no last name)
Name to which both of Podkayne Fries' Venusian maids answered. Portuguese by ancestry, they claimed to speak no other language except Portuguese, but Podkayne overheard them speak in System Ortho.
(Podkayne of Mars)
Marianne (no last name)
Matt Dodson's girlfriend back home. During his first leave he realized they had nothing in common.
Secretary to Saint Peter in Heaven. He called her "Charlie".
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Marjatta (no last name)
Swedish woman whom Oscar Gordon met on L'Île du Levant. She was a performer in a Paris revue. She invited him to visit her should he ever be in Sweden, and he did after his return from the quest for the Egg of the Phoenix.
Jim Marlowe's father. He led the Mars colonists in defying the Mars Company's attempts to keep them in South Colony during the winter, and became a leader in the revolt against control by Earth.
Mars colonist and student at Lowell Academy who discovered the Mars Company's plans to prevent the colonists' regular migration to more tolerable climates. Because of his friendship with the Martian nymph, Willis, the adult Martians helped him warn the colonists about the Company's plans and to establish the colony's independence from control by Earth companies.
Marriage is obviously important to Heinlein. In many stories a marriage is central to the story, the characters take time out from crises to marry, or it is implied that marriage between main characters is inevitable: Between Planets, Beyond This Horizon, The Door Into Summer, Double Star, Farnham's Freehold (Hugh considered Barbara Wells his wife in the absence of legal arrangements; never mind that his legal wife was still living, though separated from him and seemingly oblivious to his existence), Friday, Glory Road, "Gulf", "If This Goes On-", I Will Fear No Evil, Job, "Let There Be Light", "The Menace from Earth", The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Number of the Beast, The Puppet Masters, Time Enough for Love, Time for the Stars, and Tunnel in the Sky.
1. Serial monogamy is apparently common in the society of Beyond This Horizon. Marriage contracts are for a limited number of years, renewable by mutual consent.
(Beyond This Horizon)
2. Marriages are more political than personal among the Free Traders. They are designed to exchange personnel and create bonds between ships. Women are traded to other ships for marriages, while men remain in their "home" ships.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
3. In Golden Rule it is possible only through church ceremonies, since there is no legal institution of marriage.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
4. In Luna, polygamous and particularly polyandrous customs evolved because of the drastic shortage of women. Simple polyandry was common, but clan marriages (details not given) and line marriages are also mentioned.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
5. Marriage in the Ship in effect involved transfer of ownership of women from fathers to husbands. The woman had no say in the matter.
(Orphans of the Sky)
6. Limited contract marriages are apparently common; surprise is expressed that Sam Cavanaugh insists on an open-ended contract with no need for renewal.
(The Puppet Masters)
7. [mentioned in passing] The Howard Families practiced every variation except lifelong monogamy. The Long household on Tertius was a group marriage with particular concern for the economic and emotional welfare of the children.
(Time Enough for Love)
8. Among the Howard Families, serial monogamy was common because of their long lives. The intermarriages had an incestuous quality as the number of marriages and remarriages multiplied within a relatively small pool of eligible spouses. Some of the Howard couples had open marriages; outside partners, however, required one's spouse's approval.
In Heinlein's stories, the Red Planet is usually described as barren and cold with a thin atmosphere, just barely habitable by humans in pressurized habitats or after terraforming. The "canals" are real waterways (usually frozen). The planet has native life, variously described in different books. Though some of the books depict conflicts between human colonists and native Martians, none portray the natives as resentful of the invasion of their home; often, the Martians remains largely oblivious to the human presence.
1. Present residence of Don Harvey's parents, neutral in the dispute between Venus and Earth. Mars was inhabited by intelligent natives as well as by human colonists.
(Between Planets)
2. Mentioned in passing as inhabited by humans.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
3. It was colonized by Earth. John Joseph Bonforte pushed through legislation guaranteeing the rights of nonhumans, and was adopted by the native Martians.
(Double Star)
4. [mentioned in passing] Settlements on Mars and Venus were abandoned when the Prophet banned space travel. (Or more likely, other countries on Earth maintained contact, but as far as the people under the Prophet's control were concerned, the settlements were abandoned. In Time Enough for Love, it is implied that the colonies managed to survive.)
("If This Goes On—")
5. In this time line, Mars is an almost airless desert. See also the various descriptions under "Martians".
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
6. 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 Number of the Beast)
7. Human settlements were independent of Earth, but there was great pressure to join the Earth-dominated Federation. Mars was also inhabited by intelligent natives.
(Podkayne of Mars)
8. It was colonized by humans governed by an Earth corporation until their revolt, but also inhabited by intelligent natives who were tolerant of the human settlements as long as the humans caused no trouble.
(The Red Planet)
9. It was settled by humans. The tariffs and taxes were almost prohibitive of interplanetary trade. Tourism was the biggest industry.
(The Rolling Stones)
10. It was inhabited by intelligent natives possessed of supernatural powers. The first Earth expedition died except for one infant, Valentine Michael Smith, who was raised by the natives and was brought to Earth by the second expedition. In spite of the native inhabitants, a legal wrangle arose on Earth over whether Smith "owned" Mars by right of habitation and inheritance.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
11.Lazarus Long spent the Interregnum here, managing a bordello under the name "Happy" Daze.
Business enterprise that chartered the colonization of Mars. Its policies showed more concern for profits than for the survival and welfare of the colonists. It was overthrown when it tried to prevent the semiannual migration between the northern and southern hemispheres, which decision probably would have caused the deaths of many colonists from the extreme winter weather.
Institution that "stored" babies cryonically between the time that their parents gave birth to them and they were prepared to raise them. Under this system, women could give birth when they were young and optimally healthy, then the families could raise the children when they were more affluent and settled.
(Podkayne of Mars)
Marsport
1. Human city near the Martian equator. It was permanently occupied, mostly by employees of the Mars Company.
(The Red Planet)
2. Main city of the Mars colony, a commercial and tourist center.
(The Rolling Stones)
Marstellar (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Judge in the town in which Lazarus Long began his trip back to 1916.
(Time Enough for Love)
Marsten (no first name)
Captain of the guerrilla group with which Don Harvey fought on Venus. He had been on detached duty at the time of the Federation invasion, and so avoided capture. He took it upon himself to gather together all soldiers not captured by the Federation. This group was called Marsten's Raiders.
Knowledge of the ritual is restricted to members of the nest. In the public part of the ceremony, the sponsor confronts the nominee, who offers to be killed if any propriety was breached; then the sponsor escorts him in for interrogation, with highly stylized questions and responses. The entire ritual lasts for exactly one-ninth of Mars' rotation, and is followed by a feast. After the feast speeches are given, and the adoptee is awarded a Martian name and lifewand. John Joseph Bonforte was the first human nominated for adoption into a Martian nest. Larry Smith successfully impersonated him for the ritual after Bonforte's kidnapping left Bonforte permanently brain-damaged.
[mentioned in passing] Employees of the laboratory found artifacts of an extinct human-equivalent intelligence. Chinese members of the expedition denied they were artificially produced.
Extinct, or nearly so, writing system that Podkayne Fries claimed to use for her journal, in an unsuccessful attempt to keep her brother from reading it.
1. The natives of Mars were described as having "pseudo-wings". They were apparently human-sized or smaller, and very intelligent.
(Between Planets)
2. Natives were described as "the poor degenerate starveling descendants of the once-mighty Builders of Mars", no longer adequately intelligent.
(Beyond This Horizon)
3. The natives looked "like a tree trunk topped off by a sun helmet…grew pseudo limbs…Could look in all directions at once without turning their heads-if they had heads, which of course they don't." They also had a distinctive odor. They reproduced by fission. Theirs was an ancient, highly formal culture; its overriding principle is the concept of "propriety".
(Double Star)
4. Martians themselves are not mentioned, but "Noisy" Rhysling's memories of the cities they built inspired his song "The Grand Canal".
("The Green Hills of Earth")
5. Artifacts were found by human expeditions, but the Martians themselves were extinct.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
6. 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.
(The Number of the Beast)
7. It was implied that Martians had no heads, but were so advanced that they took little interest in things other than philosophy.
(Podkayne of Mars)
8. Natives were described as averaging 12 or more feet tall, with three legs, three eyes, and arms ending in "palm flaps". An ancient and contemplative race not given to violence, they had the ability to "disappear" anything (or anyone) that attacks them. They apparently remained in contact with the physical world after death. Juvenile Martians were completely unlike adults, resembling furry basketballs that occasionally extruded eyes or limbs, and apparently possessing minimal intelligence.
(The Red Planet)
9. Natives were described as having three legs. Their communities were prohibited to humans by treaty, but Lowell Stone was taken to meet one. Though obviously not traumatized by the experience, he refused to talk about it afterward.
(The Rolling Stones)
10. Adults were huge, reminding humans of "boats under sail", while juveniles (nymphs) were fat, furry spheres, all bounce and mindless energy. Adults led contemplative lives, and maintained contact with the physical world after "discorporation". Their language contained many concepts inaccessible to humans, and they possessed a wide range of apparently "supernatural" powers.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
John Martin
One of the Four Heroes of the Interplanetary Patrol, whose name is always called (the answer given by a designated patrol member) at every muster. (The reason he is included was not given.)
(Space Cadet)
Mary Lou Martin
1. Biochemist and ecologist with numerous degrees and a particular interest in bioluminosity. She contacted Archibald Douglas to discuss his research into chemical light sources. Together they developed a process for producing cheap and plentiful light and power. They eventually married. Her research paper Co-lateral Symbiosis of the Boll Weevil is mentioned.
[mentioned in passing] A "visiting professor" in Hell, teaching harlotry. She was on the permanent faculty in Heaven (what she taught there was not specified).
1. Policy of the Howard Families to simulate the death of members once they reached an unusual age and to provide them with a new identity. It was vital during the Interregnum, but increasingly annoying in a more civilized society because of the high cost of dishonesty and continual uprooting (not to mention the difficulty of establishing identities given modern record-keeping). When a small group of Howard volunteers tried ending the Masquerade, however, they found that people with shorter life-spans envied and resented the long-lived enough to persecute them.
(Methuselah's Children)
2. Beginning in 1920, the Howard Families began trimming years off their official ages whenever possible, and eventually acquired new identities every 30 years or so to protect themselves from the majority who had normal life spans and might resent or fear those with "unnaturally" long lives. The Masquerade was in full force during the Crazy Years, which occurred sometime after the 1980s.
[mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)
mathematics
In Have Space Suit — Will Travel and The Rolling Stones in particular, but also in passing mentions in most of his stories, Heinlein states that mathematics is the most important science, and anyone who does not know advanced math should not be considered civilized or intelligent.
Mildred Mathews
Kentucky resident who quizzed Manuel Garcia O'Kelly about lunar life, especially marriage and family customs, causing his arrest for public immorality. (Her husband is also briefly mentioned.)
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Patience Mathews
Earthside twin and communications partner of one of the Lewis & Clark telepaths. She constantly interfered with her sister's attempts at romance with other crew members.
(Time for the Stars)
Prudence Mathews
One of the telepaths aboard the Lewis & Clark, dominated by her twin (see preceding entry). She died in the plague that struck after the Constance landing.
(Time for the Stars)
Mathewson (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Venus colonial given special attention by the occupying forces, reason unspecified.
(Between Planets)
Dr. B. P. Matson (no other first name)
Instructor for the Advanced Survival course at Patrick Henry High School. He tried to discourage Rod Walker from taking the solo test. He married Rod's sister Helen Walker after Rod was lost; they emigrated to a colony planet shortly after his return. His students called him "Deacon", but not to his face.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Maud S.
Horse sired by the sire of Loafer. She was famous for her speed.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Maurice (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Boy who collided with Jonathan Hoag while skating, and to Hoag's distaste was rude about it.
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Theodor Mawson
Storekeeper ordinary, member of the original crew of the Vanguard. He was elected Captain after the mutiny was suppressed and all pilot and engineering officers had been killed.
Widow who ran the school in Top Dollar. She helped Lazarus Long raise Dora Brandon when Dora was orphaned. She was Lazarus' lover, but eventually married the widower Parkinson.
(Time Enough for Love)
Sam Mayes
Junior officer in the Bifrost control room. At the Captain's behest he allowed Hank Jones and Bill Lermer to observe operations.
1. Space ship originally intended for long-range exploration, but converted to a colony ship when more advanced models were designed for exploring. Bill Lermer and his family emigrated to Ganymede in it.
Port city to which Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson were taken by the Mexican Coast Guard airship that rescued them from midocean after the Konge Knut struck an iceberg. Mazatlán was the ship's original destination, but the city to which they were taken was obviously in a different world. They were indentured there to pay the expenses of their rescue.
Judge who had Johann Sebastian Bach Smith declared a ward of the court after his brain transplant, with Jake Salomon as his guardian, mostly to protect him from his granddaughters. He later presided over the identity hearing. He was Johann's lodge brother. He was called "Mac" by his friends.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Norma McCampbell
[mentioned in passing] Judge McCampbell's wife.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
McCarthy (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of the volunteer fire team in Top Dollar.
(Time Enough for Love)
Brother Eddie McCaw
Adjutant of the Salvation Army center where Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson sought help after being transported to Nogales, Arizona, following the Mazatlán earthquake. He gave them housing and hired Margrethe as a temporary cook. He became Brother McNabb after a worldshift.
Hartley Baldwin's agent inside Mrs. Keithley's lunar compound, a telepath used for contact with Baldwin's headquarters. He posed as a gardener.
("Gulf")
Bruce McGowan
Teller University student who joined the group of stranded Advanced Survival students that Rod Walker and Jackie Daudet were gathering, but resisted Rod's authority, ultimately pulling a knife on him. He was exiled from the community, but eventually allowed to return. He refused to work or participate in the Cowpertown activities, but after a fight with Rod he reformed at least temporarily.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Jock McGowan
Teller University student who joined the group gathered by Rod Walker, but resisted his authority. He led the band that tried to take charge of the group; he was exiled after attacking Rod, and later reported dead. [An error for Bruce McGowan, or a relative?]
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Theo McGowan
Bruce McGowan's wife on the Advanced Survival planet, as shiftless and slatternly as he.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Dr. McIlvaine (no first name)
Comparative psychologist with the Smithsonian Institution, author of Mars, Venus, and Earth: A Study in Motivating Purposes. He was involved in the puppet master research.
(The Puppet Masters)
James McIntyre
Captain of the Care Free. Originally a spacer, he was blacklisted for drinking on the job. He was hired by D. D. Harriman to fly him to the Moon.
Farmboys who were blamed for the "hoax" after the flying saucer landing, and who acted as tour guides for the fake saucer that Sam and Mary Cavanaugh investigated. They were almost certainly puppet master hosts.
Girl with whom Kip Russell briefly went steady. She "wanted to talk boys and clothes" while he wanted to "talk space and engineering", so she dropped him.
Elderly Black telepath aboard the Lewis & Clark. He insisted that the younger crew members call him "Uncle Alfred". His partner on Earth was his great-niece; they were the same age when reunited after the voyage.
Staff officer for Hartley Baldwin's organization. He rode with Friday to San Jose after the organization was disbanded.
(Friday)
Gloria Brooks McNye
Replacement radioman and electronics engineer for the construction crew of Space Station One. She was chief communications engineer for the permanent station staff, and signed on for the construction crew to become familiar with the setup. Her arrival caused the contractor extreme discomfort until he realized that a woman's presence, far from being disruptive, resulted in improvements in productivity and morale. She preferred to be called Brooks; her co-workers during construction called her Brooksie.
[mentioned in passing] Medical facility treating Peter Johnson.
("—We Also Walk Dogs")
Memtok (no last name)
Chief Palace Domestic to the Lord Protector of the Noonday Region. He was proud that he was both deprived of his thumbs and neutered, showing that he had served his lord both as stud and as household servant. He was the most powerful servant in the household.
H. G. Wells novel about the fourth dimension and parallel universes. Alex Hergensheimer had read the first installment in a magazine, but after the Protect-Our-Youth legislation was passed, later installments were never published.
[mentioned in passing] Government that got involved in a war with Interworld Transport. It lost, mostly because the corporation had no central location to attack and therefore could not be easily destroyed.
(Friday)
Meyer (no first name)
German recruit who teamed with Heinrich to attack Sergeant Zim at Zim's invitation. He understood but did not speak Standard English.
(Starship Troopers)
"M-G"
"Mutation-Ganymede", the label for terrestrial plants genetically adapted to Ganymede conditions.
Member of the Venus Republic force occupying Circum-Terra. He was ordered to guard Don Harvey while Don's claim of Venusian citizenship was checked.
(Between Planets)
Mike
1.Manuel Garcia O'Kelly's nickname for the main computer in Luna City, after Arthur Conan Doyle's character Mycroft Holmes. The name may have been inspired by the computer's official name, "High-Optional, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor, Mark IV, Mod. L", or HOLMES IV. Designed for decision-making on insufficient data, Mike had peripherals and functions added until his complexity reached that of the human brain and he "woke up". After being introduced to human revolutionaries by Mannie, Mike became the chief strategist of the Lunar revolution, assuming the public persona of Adam Selene. He successfully controlled the war against Earth, but "died" when connections with his outlying peripherals were severed; even after repairs were made he did not "return". He had been capable of assuming different voices and personalities; e.g. he was "Michelle", speaking in a French-accented soprano, with Wyoming Knott.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
2.Colin Campbell was recruited to help the Time Corps rescue Mike from destruction during the final battle of the Lunar Revolution. The book's ending leaves his fate unknown.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
3. [mentioned in passing] He was rescued by Colin Campbell and Hazel Stone from certain destruction during the final battle of the Lunar Revolution. He teamed with Pallas Athene to provide structural simulations for the Time Corps.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Mikki (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Juggler who worked the main plaza in Jubbulpore.
Massive, forbidding structure on Karth-Hokesh where the Egg of the Phoenix was guarded after being stolen. A denizen of the Tower claimed it was originally located in the Carpathians on Earth.
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.
(The Number of the Beast, Time Enough for Love)
minim
Currency unit, presumably a trifling amount, used in the Nine Worlds.
2. Site of an uprising blamed on pariahs. Their ghetto was closed and they were relocated to "reservations" in Montana and Wyoming.
("If This Goes On—")
Minnie (no last name)
[mentioned in passing] Sybil Farnsworth's aunt. Sybil claimed the last time her father had spanked her was her ninth birthday, when she'd set fire to this aunt.
[mentioned in passing] Company that manufactured sentient computers with masculine personalities.
(The Number of the Beast)
Miracle of the Incarnation
Annual event staged to reinforce the people's belief that the Prophet ruled by direct authority of God. The current ruler took on the appearance of the First Prophet, Nehemiah Scudder (thanks to modern broadcast technology) and confirmed the validity of the government.
Podkayne Fries' cat, also known as Miss Pokie. Podkayne commented that her mother's behavior with the triplets reminded her of the cat with her first litter.
1. Bank with which Lazarus Long did business during his trip back in time to Kansas City. He closed his account there after learning of the United States' declaration of war.
(Time Enough for Love)
2. Kansas City bank where Maureen Johnson kept her account until 1907. The manager's reaction to her request to withdraw all her money warned her of a coming bank panic.
Japanese-American friend of Jefferson Thomas, who was in hiding from the PanAsians. His wife Alice was massacred, along with his children Frank Jr., Jimmy, and Shirley. He was recruited by the Citadel survivors, and ultimately died defending the others against Lowell Calhoun's insane violence.
(The Day After Tomorrow)
Mitteleuropa
Government unit during the events of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.
[mentioned in passing] Former owners of the soda shop that Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson bought in Eden, Kansas. (Considering the name — Asmodeus — probably a minion of Lucifer, helping to create the utopia for Alex and Margrethe.)
Shiftless neighbor of Max Jones who married Max's stepmother and persuaded her to sell the farm even though it was technically owned by Max. He threatened Max with a beating for disagreeing with the decision.
(Starman Jones)
Dan Montgomery
"Visitor" to Lazarus Long's homestead on New Beginnings. He was killed when he and his family tried to take over the farm and he threatened Dora Brandon.
(Time Enough for Love)
Darby Montgomery
"Visitor" to Lazarus Long's homestead. He was killed by Lady Macbeth when he and his family tried to take over the farm.
(Time Enough for Love)
Monty Montgomery
Father of Dan and Darby. He was killed by Dora Brandon when they tried to take over her and Lazarus Long's farm.
(Time Enough for Love)
Nellie Jones Montgomery
Max Jones' stepmother. She sold his farm without his knowledge after she remarried, even though legally, Max owned the farm.
Site of an Interplanetary Patrol armory. John Dahlquist was stationed here, and prevented a military coup by barricading himself inside the nuclear weapons storage building.
("The Long Watch")
Hotel Moon Haven
[mentioned in passing] Establishment in Luna that allegedly could compete with the finest on Earth.
1. District Moderator for Genetics, married to Bainbridge Martha. Worked hard at persuading Hamilton Felix to have children, arranging for him to meet Longcourt Phyllis and founding the Great Research (into reincarnation) at his behest.
1. Chairman of Cuisine Incorporated, part of the Harriman Trust.
("The Man Who Sold the Moon")
2. Stockholder in Skyblast Freight who offended Maureen Johnson by assuming she was a member of the clerical staff and treating her imperiously, when she was actually the director.
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 sinkhole formation in the lunar surface, often covered by a thin crust that makes it impossible to spot. If someone falls in, the crumbling sides make it impossible to get out.
Guard sent to apprehend Georges Perreault and Friday after they prevented an assassination attempt on the California Chief Confederate.
(Friday)
Foo Moses Morris
Comrade who went bankrupt guaranteeing loans for LuNoHoCo's catapult and other Revolutionary projects. He started over with a Hong Kong Luna tailor shop.
[mentioned in passing] Federation troop transport.
(Starship Troopers)
Mota
Deity invented by Whitey Ardmore as a front for revolutionary propaganda and activities. According to the official doctrine, Mota had one thousand attributes; six were worshipped at his Temple. One of the teachings of Mota was cooperation with the government, thus sparing them the disapproval of the PanAsians. Their freedom to establish temples all over the country made the religion a perfect front for finding and recruiting fighters against the occupation. Among his many attributes were Barmac; Dis, Lord of Destruction.
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 Number of the Beast)
Mother Boor's Tucker Bag
[mentioned in passing] Restaurant or pub in Luna City.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Mother of Blades
Four-armed mutant, the principal weaponsmaker of the muties.
(Orphans of the Sky)
Mother Shaum's
Taproom (and probably brothel) near the Jubbulpore spaceport to which Richard Baslim sent Thorby Rudbek with a message. After Baslim's death, Mother Shaum helped Thorby escape the Sargon's guards.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Mother Thing
Alien with whom Peewee Reisfeld was held captive. She was given the name by Peewee because of her emanation of warmth and security. Vaguely feline in appearance, she also resembled a lemur but was not a primate. Her official position with the galactic community was roughly analogous to "police officer"; she monitored activities on different planets, particularly ventures into space, and acted upon any ventures that might threaten other civilizations.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
"Motherhood in the New World"
[mentioned in passing] Topic of an address by Agnes Douglas to the Daughters of the Second Revolution.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Mother's Helper
Model of household robot owned by the Tom and Pat Bartlett's family. It was obsolete and frequently broke down.
Mountain near the Farnhams' home. Duke Farnham's recognition of it while reconnoitering confirmed that the bomb shelter had been blasted through time but not space.
Company that contracted to build a temporary pen for Lummox outside the courtroom. John Thomas Stuart thought it best not to explain that Lummox ate steel like candy.
A member of the Chosen and Ponse's heir; he shared Ponse's his vices but had none of his good qualities. Ponse ordered him to play bridge with Hugh Farnham as his partner, but Mrika was a poor sport and quit midgame.
(Farnham's Freehold)
M.R.S.
Merchant Rocket Ship.
(Space Cadet)
"Mrs. 'Awkins"
Tissue of chicken heart kept alive since the early 20th century, first by the Rockefeller Institute and then by researchers of the Howard Foundation. It was used in longevity research. Taken along on the New Frontiers, it eventually reached a size of 50 or 60 pounds.
Member of the Galileo Marching-and-Chowder Society. He and his mother ran a store. A member of Donald Cargraves' crew building and piloting a rocket to the Moon, he was the photographer for the rocket tests as well as a ham radio operator.
Art's late father. He had been sent to a concentration camp by the Nazis for refusing to do research for them. He was released through his American wife's efforts, but died soon after.
(Rocket Ship Galileo)
Mueller (no first name)
The Cabal's staff "metamorphist", i.e. plastic surgeon who changed faces for underground agents.
Legendary Irishman about whom Rufo told tall tales.
(Glory Road)
mules
1. "Drone" workers genetically engineered by the Empire of the Great Khans for various specialized tasks, but usually to be warriors.
(Beyond This Horizon)
2. On New Beginnings, the mules were genetically engineered to understand complex commands, and some could talk (with difficulty). Unlike normal mules, they were fertile.
[mentioned in passing] Accounting automaton that Maureen Johnson dealt with while trying to get the dead man removed from her bed at the Grand Hotel Augustus.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
"Millimetre" Muntz (no other first name)
Scout from "Troop Ninety-Six, New Jersey", who questioned the authority to organize Scouting in the Mayflower; he was overruled and disallowed from the meeting.
Head of the "Friends of Lummox", who demanded an audience with the Secretary for Spatial Affairs. She was the creator of the Pidgie Widgie children's video stories. Roy MacClure tried to persuade Henry Kiku to appear on her show.
[mentioned in passing] Resident of Hog Alley, real name not given.
(Space Cadet)
musicalarkies
Electronic entertainment produced on Secundus; it is not described.
(Time Enough for Love)
mutations
1. They were occasionally introduced by genetic engineers to foster improvements in the human race. Excessive tampering such as that by the Empire of the Great Khans led to warfare.
(Beyond This Horizon)
2. The human race gradually diversified after being dispersed among many planets in the galaxy.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
3.Earth plants were genetically altered to better survive the conditions in extraterrestrial colonies.
(Farmer in the Sky)
4.Hartley Baldwin maintained that the human race was gradually evolving into "New Men" with greater intellectual capacity.
("Gulf")
5. The Scientists taught that mutations were the result of sin among the Crew.
(Orphans of the Sky)
6.Lazarus Long speculated that his extreme longevity was the result of a mutation in the 12th chromosome.
(Time Enough for Love)
muties
Mutated humans who roamed the low-gravity sections of the Ship. They organized their own society and waged guerrilla war against unmutated humans. While tolerated by the Elders as part of Jordan's Plan, they were marked for extinction by the younger scientists. Though usually deformed in some way, they sometimes looked no different from normal humans. (The term may come from "mutants", or from "mutineers", since the original mutineers took refuge in those sections of the ship now occupied by the muties.)
(Orphans of the Sky)
Mutual Assurance Company
[mentioned in passing] Company that offered suspended animation.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress; also in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Myrtle T. Hanshaw
Steamship that ferried Rachel's Raiders to St. Louis. It was blown up in midjourney.
(Friday)
The Mystic (no other name)
Alex Hergensheimer's name for a fellow passenger on the Konge Knut, who attended the firewalking demonstration. He [or she?] opined that the firewalkers did it "through the fourth dimension".
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
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