Patty Paiwonski's late husband, a tattoo artist. (See next entry.)
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Patricia (Patty) Paiwonski
1. Tattooed Lady in the carnival that Valentine Michael Smith and Jill Boardman joined. She performed with a boa constrictor. A member of the Fosterite church (converted by Foster himself), she had his life story tattooed on her. She joined the Church of All Worlds. Jill and Mike called her Aunt Patty.
Site of Hartley Baldwin's organization training grounds in California. The entire operation moved there after their cover was blown in the Chicago Imperium.
1.Ira Weatheral's computer (previously called Minerva) after its data were transferred to the Dora's memory banks. "She" was usually called Athena or Teena. Her personality was strongly influenced by Lapis Lazuli and Lorelei Lee Long, though she had most of Minerva's memories. She ran most operations on Tertius, and intended to become flesh and blood herself after a century or so.
(Time Enough for Love)
2. She acted as secretary to Jubal Harshaw while he visited the Long household, transcribing his stories before he dictated them.
(The Number of the Beast)
3. Cybernetic "clone" of Ira Weatheral's computer Minerva. She teamed with Mike to provide structural simulations for the Time Corps.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Mrs. Palmer (no first name)
South Colonist who asked Jamie Marlowe's personal opinion of the migration crisis. She took over Lowell Academy's kitchen when the colonists took refuge there.
(The Red Planet)
Palmglade Hotel
North Miami Beach hotel where Andrew Nivens went "on vacation" after the President rejected his initial report on the puppet masters.
Alliance (probably created by invasion and occupation) that attacked and occupied the United States. It had previously absorbed the Soviet Union. Its leaders were demonstrably racist, treating conquered peoples with considerable contempt and ferocity. Overpopulation was the likely motivation for its aggressions.
1. Boom town that owed its existence to the nearby atomic plant.
("Blowups Happen")
2. Site of an atomic power plant that was shut down after a near-accident and replaced with an orbiting power station. (Almost certainly a reference to the events of "Blowups Happen.")
A "heretic" who did not accept any part of the Church of the Prophet. Pariahs were herded into ghettos and persecuted, sometimes stoned to death with official approval. There are suggestions that "pariahs" are almost always Jewish.
1. Member of the board of directors of Smith Enterprises, who moved that Johann Sebastian Bach Smith be invited to retire; he got no support from the other members. Wealthy through his mother-in-law (possibly one of Johann's daughters), he was fired from the board when his voting stock dropped below 5% of the total.
Favorite artist of Maureen Johnson; his works were replicated as a present for her 125th birthday in Boondock.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Henry M. Parson
[mentioned in passing] His estate was party to a lawsuit (vs. Rhode Island) which settled the legal definition of death in the 1970s.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Sam Parsons
Lunar Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol leader who was assigned to keep track of Bruce Hollifield. He injured a leg falling into a morning glory and was rescued by Bruce.
("Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon")
Party
Revolutionary organization started by Bernardo de la Paz, Wyoming Knott, and Manuel Garcia O'Kelly. They founded it on the cell system, in which any member knew at most four other members. The organizers developed a system of Party names, which not only protected members' real identities but also, through the first letter of the name, revealed their position in the hierarchy and how recently they had been recruited.
King Willem's equerry, a Hindu and veteran of the Space Force.
(Double Star)
PRS Pathfinder
1. [mentioned in passing] Spaceship intended for one-way interstellar travel, which was being built on and near Luna during all of Don Harvey's life.
(Between Planets)
2. [mentioned in passing] Space ship that in the early days of spaceflight came in from orbit out of control and destroyed a Belgian village.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
3.Interplanetary Patrol ship that was engaged in charting a section of the Asteroid Belt. When radio contact was lost, the Aes Triplex was one of four ships assigned to search for her. They found that the hull had been breached by a tiny asteroid, and all crew members died in the decompression.
[mentioned in passing] Dancer who starred as Titania in the Halifax Ballet Theater's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream that Richard Ames attended the night Herr Nameless approached him about killing someone.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Pauline Peaks
Name given to mountains south of the valley surveyed by the exploration team of which Bill Lermer was a member; they were named after team leader Paul du Maurier.
Song that Dora offered to sing for the Gay Deceiver crew; she'd learned it from Lazarus Long. (In Time Enough for Love, Lazarus was constantly humming a song about a "born loser" that he'd learned from "Noisy" Rhysling; a pawnshop figured prominently.)
(The Number of the Beast)
FNS Pax
Federated Nations flagship deployed for the invasion of Luna after the colonies declared independence. [Latin, "peace"]
Deety Burroughs' name for the song whose cadence was used to activate Gay Deceiver; she learned it from her maternal great-grandfather.
(The Number of the Beast)
pay dirt
Earth soil completely sterilized and then reinfected with organisms necessary for plant growth. It was combined with crushed Ganymede rock to create farms.
Involuntary enrollment was used as a means of transporting undesirables to Lunar colonies.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Peace Dragoons
Federated Nations troops transported to Luna to enforce authority. Their job was made difficult by the hatred and ridicule of colonists (who called them Goons), and by their own anger at learning that the trip was necessarily one-way because of the long-term effects of low gravity. Earth-based regiments mutinied after hearing rumors that more troops would be shipped to Luna.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
peace lamp
Ceremonial light that was part of Monist worship practices. It was lit during dinner, among other times.
1. Code name Kip Russell used to test Oscar's [his space suit's] radio circuit. Peewee Reisfeld heard him and thought he was calling her, resulting in his capture by Wormface's minions.
Government agency that issued licenses for parenthood. It authorized Podkayne Fries' parents to have five children, and would have licensed seven had they wanted them.
Universe that got two votes among the Gay Deceiver crew for Favorite Fantasy World. The inside-out world the crew visited was conjectured to be a composite of Hollow-Earth fantasies.
(The Number of the Beast)
Jake Pemberton
Pilot for Trans-Lunar Transit, who had family problems because of his demanding schedule. After pulling off a nearly-impossible rescue when his ship was knocked off course, and making an emergency flight on the Moon, he was offered a permanent job flying the Luna-to-orbit route.
[mentioned in passing] Revolutionary group that occupied the Oklahoma State House.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
People's Fraternal Society of Cosmonauts, Astronauts, and Space Engineers
[mentioned in passing] This union was part of the AFL-CIO.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
People's Republic of England
Government in the universe in which Alex Hergensheimer was rescued from midocean and taken to Mazatlán. It was apparently an enemy of the United States.
High-school classmate who was Maureen Johnson's first sexual partner. He enlisted for the Spanish-American War, but died of fever in Chickamauga Park, Georgia.
[mentioned in passing] Region in northeastern Brazil, the site of an alleged UFO landing.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Georges Perreault
Quebecois housemate of Janet and Ian Tormey, unofficially Ian's co-husband (polygamous marriages being illegal in British Canada). He was an artist and "Mendel Professor of Teratology" at the University of Manitoba, an expert in genetic engineering. He accompanied Friday on her attempt to return to the Chicago Imperium. He ultimately emigrated to Botany Bay.
[mentioned in passing] Ira Johnson's preceptor (mentor-instructor) when Ira was still studying medicine; he considered the idea that sterility was important in practicing medicine to be a far-fetched French notion.
1. [mentioned in passing] Legally part of Mars; Podkayne Fries once made a class trip there, the farthest she had been off-planet before her trip to Earth.
(Podkayne of Mars)
2. The customs station for Mars, and thus the port-of-call of the Rolling Stone.
(The Rolling Stones)
PHQ
Planetary Headquarters of the Venus armed forces. It was located in New London.
Publication in which Horatio Abernathy intended to publish results of experiments measuring the "speed" of telepathic communication.
(Time for the Stars)
physics
It was considered mysticism aboard the Ship; ancient texts were interpreted allegorically.
(Orphans of the Sky)
Picardy Transmutation Plant
[mentioned in passing] Company where Jinx Henderson first worked after immigrating to Luna.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Pickering (no first name)
Ship's surgeon aboard the Aes Triplex, technically a staff member of the Marines.
(Space Cadet)
Picnic Island
Atoll on one of the Teh-positive worlds which the Gay Deceiver crew chose as a convenient resting spot while exploring the axis.
(The Number of the Beast)
Piddle
[mentioned in passing] Mrs. Percy B. S. Souchek's poodle, over whose death she sued the Los Angeles City-County Commissioners.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Pidgie Widgie
Puppet star of a children's video show about space adventures. Its hostess had some social and political influence because of the show's popularity, and started "Friends of Lummox".
A mutie by birthplace and definition, but human in appearance. A member of Joe-Jim Gregory's gang, he helped rescue Hugh Hoyland from execution for heresy.
Company that published Maureen Johnson's book, The Housewife's Guide to Thrifty Investing.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Hugo Pinero
1. Inventor of a method of accurately predicting the exact day of any person's death. After the Science Academy's attempts to discredit him failed and his service threatened to ruin the insurance companies, he was murdered by an unknown assailant and his machinery was destroyed.
("Life-Line")
2. Referred to by Mary Sperling as "Pinero the Charlatan", but Lazarus Long insisted he could do just what he claimed; he also said that he tried the service himself but Pinero refused to give him an answer and refunded his money.
Engineer in the Lord Protector's household. He gave Hugh Farnham a tour of the plant and an elaborately drawn map of the Summer Palace, not knowing that Hugh wanted the information for an escape attempt.
1. A cat that was able to "walk through walls". He accompanied Gwen Novak and Colin Campbell on the mission to rescue Mike from being "killed" during the final battle of the Lunar Revolution.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
2. (The same cat as in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) He was with Maureen Johnson when her time bus was sabotaged and she was arrested in time line eleven. When he returned to Boondock without Maureen, Hilda Burroughs took him to Oz, where he could talk, so he could tell what had happened to Maureen and where she was.
[mentioned in passing] California sensie star, with whom lottery winners were awarded a dinner.
(Friday)
PK3722
1. Star to which the Jockaira's masters sent the Howard Families after rejecting them for "domestication". It was populated by the Little People.
(Methuselah's Children)
2.Lazarus Long deliberately miscatalogued the planet to keep humans away from it, but he returned to it ask Mary Sperling's opinion of the time-travel theory worked out by Dora.
(Time Enough for Love)
PLA
One of the United States' conservative political parties. What the initials stand for is not explained.
Juan Rico's first combat site after his assignment to the Tours. It was attacked by the Federation in order to capture Bug leaders.
(Starship Troopers)
Planetary League
Probably a successor to the United Nations. After a war between the Afro-European Federation and the Estados Unidos de Sud that occurred during the voyage of the Lewis & Clark, the constitution was rewritten and the name changed to United System. Planetary League Auxiliary Speech was the lingua franca on Earth.
Indirectly referred to by Manuel Garcia O'Kelly as "hotel chain, one with rabbit trademark". Bernardo de la Paz discussed with the managing director the prospect of resorts in Luna.
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
Plaza of Liberty
Site near the slave auction where Thorby Rudbek was sold to Richard Baslim; it was Baslim's regular begging station.
Podkayne Fries' favorite bedtime story, told to her by her uncle Tom Fries. It was probably made-up stories about Podkayne herself.
(Podkayne of Mars)
Podkayne
Martian saint from whom many living Martians claim descent. Podkayne Fries was named after it.
(Podkayne of Mars)
"Poetry and Arts in Luna: A New Renaissance"
Lecture supposedly scheduled by Adam Selene. Announced in Lunaya Pravda, the scheduled public appearance was intended solely to rile Lunar Authority and perhaps flush out Authority agents.
[mentioned in passing] Organization that arranged a firewalking demonstration for the passengers of the Konge Knut. The representative allowed Alex Hergensheimer to try, but "took no responsibility" for the results.
The Marlowes' hypochondriac and self-indulgent neighbor. Willis repeated in her presence gossip about her. She protested the charges against Gaines Beecher in the colonists' meeting. She and her husband were killed when they tried to surrender to Mars Company forces after the colonists took refuge in Lowell Academy.
Kitten adopted by Susan Smith after the death of Captain Blood. Susan kept her when she got married, but the cat found its way back to Maureen Johnson's home. Polly died in 1972.
Largely cribbed from the United States Declaration of Independence, it was sent to Chicago to announce the Mars colonists' successful revolt against the Mars Company.
Scientific project from which George Lermer salvaged parts for Peggy Kenyon's pressurized stretcher.
(Farmer in the Sky)
Project Lebensraum
Long Range Foundation program to send interstellar vehicles out at near-light speeds to find habitable planets. [German lebensraum, "habitat" or "living space"]
(Time for the Stars)
Project Porcupine
Research project sponsored by Rudbek to find methods of making slavery unprofitable.
[mentioned in passing] Organization owned by Shipstone.
(Friday)
Prophet
Leader of the theocracy that controlled the United States during the Interregnum.
The First Prophet was demagogue Nehemiah Scudder; his successors were also known as the Prophet Incarnate.
("If This Goes On—", Methuselah's Children; mentioned in passing in "Coventry")
[mentioned in passing] "Title" bestowed upon Lazarus Long in one of his lives.
(Time Enough for Love)
prostitutes
In many stories, Heinlein portrayed prostitution as an honorable profession; his prostitutes ranged from hard-working and respectable to highly admired and honored.
1. The PanAsians forced women from conquered areas into houses of prostitution. (This is the only example of prostitution being oppressive and shameful.)
(The Day After Tomorrow)
2. Apparently prostitution is a legal occupation practiced by both Artificial Persons (though under indenture) and "natural" humans.
(Friday)
3. Prostitution was legal or at least tolerated on Mars; "Noisy" Rhysling worked as a musician in a bordello.
("The Green Hills of Earth")
4. Prostitution was a respectable profession in Luna, perhaps partly because the high ration of men to women made the women a valuable "commodity".
(The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress)
5. "Courtesan" was a legal and honorable profession on Secundus and Tertius. Prostitution was also legal on Mars, although the government tried to regulate the prices; Lazarus Long talked about the bordellos there.
Daniel Boone Davis' proposed name for a robot he planned to design, and did design during his "second time" in 1970. It was an improvement over Flexible Frank.
(The Door Into Summer)
Protect-Our-Youth
State law in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld that outlawed science fiction and other "corrupting influences".
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Protector of Servants
State slave factor on Fatima, who confiscated Lazarus Long's trading ship and used it as a slave transport. When Lazarus regained the ship, he took the factor offplanet with him and spaced him.
(Time Enough for Love)
Protector of the Faith
[mentioned in passing] Presumably the ruler of Fatima.
(Time Enough for Love)
Protector of the Lunar Colonies by Appointment of the Lunar Authority
"First recorded attempt to reach the nearer stars of the galaxy". The expedition ship, the Vanguard, was launched in 2119 CE. The crew mutinied and killed all officers capable of running the ship; thus it drifted in space for generations afterward. Although the inhabitants retained enough skill through the generations to keep the ship habitable, they lacked any real understanding of science and all knowledge of their origin and history.
Subtitled "The Housewife Investor", a column ghost-written by Maureen Johnson for country newspapers. She defined financial terminology, discussed news issues that might affect investments, and made recommendations for investing based on Lazarus Long's information. The column quickly spread to city dailies. Her ultimate purpose was to establish a reputation for economic savvy, leading up to promoting the idea of a moonship in the column.
Cabal group that released overtly respectful articles, etc., designed to create doubts about the Prophet. After the successful coup, it debated "counter-brainwashing" citizens to remove them from the Prophet's influence.
("If This Goes On—")
public eye
Floating security monitor in the Kenya Beanstalk port.
(Friday)
Pug (no last name)
Peasant who returned to the Doral the longhorses that Star, Rufo, and Oscar Gordon had borrowed. Seeing his awe of the group, Oscar "knighted" him, bestowing on him the name Lerdki 't Pug Easy. Privately, however, Oscar called him "Manure Foot".
(Glory Road)
Agnes Pulvermacher
Resident of Cowpertown after the Advanced Survival students were stranded. She was married to Curt Pulvermacher.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
Curt Pulvermacher
Resident of Cowpertown after the Advanced Survival students were stranded. He was married to Agnes Pulvermacher.
Character encountered during the Gay Deceiver's visit to Oz.
(The Number of the Beast)
puppet masters
Amoeba-like extraterrestrial parasites that invaded Earth to use humans as their hosts, completely controlling mind and body. After the Earth infestations were destroyed by infecting infested regions with nine-day fever, they were traced to Titan, and an expedition sent to wipe them out.
(The Puppet Masters)
purple itch
Mythical disease that Podkayne Fries predicted her brother Clark would die from for avoiding the inoculations required on Venus.
(Podkayne of Mars)
pusher
Foreman for Venus contract laborers. Pushers usually exercised tyrannical power over the laborers.
Man with whom Eldreth Coburn was becoming romantically involved before her father shipped her off to Earth. After the adventure in the Asgard, she returned home and married him.
