Mercenary outfit led by Colonel Rachel Danvers. Friday signed on with them, allegedly for duty as bodyguard to the new Chairman of the Chicago Imperium, because it gave her a way into the Imperium. The group was probably completely destroyed (except for Friday) in the explosion of the Skip to M'Lou.
(Friday)
The Radio Repairman's Guide
[mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
Inventor of the teleportation Gate. He was originally trying to invent a time machine; apparently the Gate can be used for travel between times as well as places.
Angel who was alleged to announce that Fosterite disciples Arthur and Dottie Renwick would go to Heaven imminently.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Ranchito Alegre
The ranch boarding school that Don Harvey attended on Earth. [Spanish, "happy little farm"]
(Between Planets)
Cynthia Craig Randall
Partner in the investigation firm Randall & Craig, hired by Jonathan Hoag to discover his profession. Her soul was stolen by the Sons of the Bird to force her husband to drop the case; after she recovered and they learned the truth about Hoag, they fled to a remote island to live a virtual hermit's existence, never leaving each other's presence.
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Edward (Ted) Randall
Partner in Randall & Craig, Cynthia's husband. Although he was attacked and kidnapped by the Sons of the Bird, he still helped Jonathan Hoag learn his true nature.
("The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag")
Randall
True name of Fader Magee; he was a captain in the United States Secret Service.
("Coventry")
Randavians
[mentioned in passing] Nonhumans, possibly avian, who had diplomatic ties to the Terran Federation.
Cat that was Maureen Johnson's (delayed) wedding present to Brian Smith. They acquired him after they bought a house. He was originally named Fluffy Ruffles until his sex was discovered. Brian bestowed the name Random Numbers (or Random, or Randie) on him because of his extremely changeable behavior.
(To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
Rangtangtoo
[mentioned in passing] Many-legged but otherwise undescribed animal, used by Henry Kiku in reference to Sergei Greenberg's handling of the Lummox case.
(The Star Beast)
"Rangy Lil"
[mentioned in passing] Bawdy ballad that Dora taught to Minerva.
(Time Enough for Love)
Rare Stamps and Coins
Hole-in-the-wall shop through which the Section offices could be reached.
(The Puppet Masters)
Rargyllians
Alien race that had diplomatic ties to Earth and most other planets. They acted as interpreters and emissaries throughout the galaxy. They resembled Medusas and had dry, chitinous purple skin with green highlights; they lacked noses but had tails.
(The Star Beast)
Lt. Rasczak (no first name)
Juan Rico's platoon leader In the Rodger Young. His platoon always called him "the Lieutenant", in tones of awe. He died in a drop after rescuing two of his soldiers; he was the only one in that raid who didn't make the retrieval boat. His platoon, kept the name Rasczak's Roughnecks after his death.
(Starship Troopers)
Rasczak's Roughnecks
The platoon to which Juan Rico was assigned in the Rodger Young, it retained the name even after the death of its leader, Lt. Rasczak.
[mentioned in passing] Shriner from whom a fez was stolen to disguise Richard Ames on his way off Golden Rule.
(The Cat Who Walks Through Walls)
Ratoon
[mentioned in passing] Planet populated by nonhumans. It had diplomatic ties to Terra.
(Tunnel in the Sky)
rats
Those encountered on Nevia were as large as wolves, and hungrier. Oscar Gordon had a phobia about them, stemming from unpleasant childhood experiences; one of the Eater of Soul's attacks was an hallucination of a rat swarm.
(Glory Road)
Dr. Rawlings (no first name)
Resident of Syrtis Major, to whom Donald MacRae sent a message about the colonists' situation at Lowell Academy. He was arrested after he and others protested the situation.
Colony planet closed to immigrants, except that individual scientists and artists may enter by negotiation. By implication, it is the farthest settlement from Earth. Its ruling family hired Friday to transport a fertilized ovum from Earth.
(Friday)
recessives
Because of their intensive inbreeding to preserve the longevity strain, the Howard Families suffered an unusually high incidence of physical and mental birth defects. Approximately five percent of these defectives were telepathically sensitive.
Period of reorganization following the Second American Revolution. Many Howard Families members held key posts as members of the Cabal. They took advantage of the chaotic conditions to adjust "public" ages.
Day of strikes against all major governments by unknown parties (though numerous fringe groups took credit). It turned out to be part of a feud among various factions of Shipstone. The plot included an attack on British Canada by Quebec, assassination of the Chairman of the Chicago Imperium, and the closing of the Canada/Imperium border.
(Friday)
Reeves (no first name)
Headmaster of Ranchito Alegre. A reserve officer, he was called to active duty "for the duration" because of the tensions between Earth and Venus. His wife (mentioned only as Mrs. Reeves), took over running the school. He was usually called simply, "The Head."
(Between Planets)
Adam Reeves
Commercial traveler in textiles, whom John Lyle impersonated to travel to the Cabal's headquarters. After his cover was blown, Reeves became a sergeant in the Free United States Army.
Young girl kidnapped by Wormface's minions who hoped to force her scientist father to cooperate with them. With Kip Russell's help, she and the Mother Thing signalled the Vegans and effected their rescue. She was called to testify for Earth in the Lanador tribunal, and afterwards was returned safely home.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
rejuvenation
1. The method discovered on Earth during the Howard Families' exile retarded rather than reversing the aging process; it consisted largely of replacing the entire blood tissue.
(Methuselah's Children)
2. Widely used, it involved replacement of vital organs as well as chemical restoration of the body's functions. The patient could be made to look any age, while functioning youthfully. Cloned bodies were often grown to provide compatible replacement organs.
(Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast, To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
1. [mentioned in passing] Earth scientist who, according to Richard Baslim, developed instant memorization techniques.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
2. [mentioned in passing] Professor at Ohio State University around World War II, who developed techniques to improve the sensory perceptions.
("Gulf")
3. Scientist noted for development of total recall training; James Oliver Cavendish trained under him.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Arthur and Dottie Renwick
Fosterites who, it was announced by the church, would soon be going to Heaven.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Mr. Renwick (no first name)
Driver-salesman for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, whose route included Maureen Johnson's house in Kansas City. Maureen acquired the cat Random Numbers thanks to him, but disappointed his hopes of getting sexual favors from her.
[mentioned in passing] A splinter political party, with few members under age 65.
(I Will Fear No Evil)
Research Engineer Emeritus
Title given to Daniel Boone Davis by Hired Girl in the year 2000. It was a strictly honorary position for public relations. When he took control of the company, he gave the title to the former Chief Engineer to get him out of the way.
(The Door Into Summer)
Resident Agent General
Official title of the head of the Mars Company operation on Mars.
1. Though not referred to by this name, they tried to kill Richard Ames, Gwen Novak and Pixel to prevent the rescue of Mike during the Lunar Revolution.
Intoxicating beverage on Venus. It was addictive but it made conditions tolerable for contract laborers. The laborers, of course, bought the rhira from their employers for a large enough price that they were never able to save enough to buy out their contracts.
Dusty was a telepath aboard the Lewis & Clark; he was obnoxious, but valued for his ability to communicate in pictures, not just words. He was killed in an attack by Elysian natives. Rusty was his Earthside twin.
1. Born in the Ozarks, he became a jetman second class for the Harriman Line. After being blinded, he became an itinerant musician, bumming rides on his former employer's ships to various planets on the pretext of his being a "distressed spacer." He continued hitchhiking even after the Harriman Line officially banned the practice. He died while trying to control a power room emergency in the Falcon. Most of his music was published posthumously.
("The Green Hills of Earth")
2. Poet known to Bill Lermer, tentatively credited for the line, "I have lived and worked with men." Bill also knew "The Green Hills of Earth".
(Farmer in the Sky)
3. [mentioned in passing] He provided music at the convocation of the Interuniverse Society conference.
5. Blind singer taken in by the whores in Lazarus Long's bordello; he was soon earning his own way with his music. After leaving Mars, he became a famous musician in Luna City. He claimed to have been an engineer on a Harriman liner before his accident.
(Time Enough for Love)
Ricardo Assumption
[mentioned in passing] Mathematical calculation used in astrogation.
Juan Rico's father, a wealthy Filipino businessman. He opposed Johnnie's plans to join the Mobile Infantry, but after the Bug War began and his wife died, he himself joined and eventually became a platoon sergeant.
(Starship Troopers)
Juan [Johnnie] Rico
Son of a wealthy family who joined the Mobile Infantry almost on impulse and over his parents' objections. After achieving a rank of corporal and surviving several battles, he entered Officer Candidate School at his commander's urging. He eventually became a captain, commanding a battalion on his original ship, with his father a sergeant under him.
The New Zealand judge who granted the Davidson family's annulment against Friday.
(Friday)
Eric Ridpath
Grand Hotel Augustus house physician. He treated Maureen Johnson for her apparent amnesia, and befriended her when she revealed that she had no idea where she was or how she got there, and had not even clothes to call her own.
Member of the first Mars expedition. A geologist, selenologist, and ship's hydroponicist, she was 32 years old when the expedition began. She died during the expedition.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
Sergei Rimsky
Member of the first Mars expedition. An electronics engineer, chemical engineer, practical machinist, instrumentation man, and cryologist, he was 35 years old when the expedition began. He died during the expedition.
(Stranger in a Strange Land)
ringroad
Transportation system similar to railroads. The "tracks" generated high-power magnetic fields to power and direct the trains. The name comes from the rings that generated the magnetic field, through which the trains traveled.
Stereoshow broadcast from Zone Red, which Sam Cavanaugh encountered while looking for clues of conditions there.
(The Puppet Masters)
Rising Star
[mentioned in passing] Spaceship that collided with the patrol vessel Trygve Lie, leaving no survivors in either ship.
(The Rolling Stones)
River of the Water of Life
River that flows through Heaven from the Throne of God. Alex Hergensheimer sought an information booth near it.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Rivera (no first name)
Interplanetary Patrol hero, a deceased Commander whose name was called at every Patrol muster. Sent to his native city to negotiate with belligerents, he ordered an immediate attack should he be taken hostage, and was killed when his orders were carried out.
Roadcity workers' anthem, adapted from "The Roll of the Caissons".
("The Roads Must Roll")
roadcity (or roadtown)
As traditional highways were replaced by automated roadways, communities sprang up along the roadways' routes,and often the roadways were large enough to include buildings and small communities on the moving surface. As the roadtowns grew, many old cities and towns were largely abandoned, and new municipal boundaries were defined by the roadway routes.
("The Roads Must Roll"; also mentioned in "The Man Who Sold the Moon" and To Sail Beyond the Sunset.)
Hank Robbins
[mentioned in passing] Acquaintance of Rod Walker whose grandfather had gone into stasis in hopes of waiting for a disease cure, to no avail.
Submersible cruiser used to patrol Zone Red waters.
(The Puppet Masters)
Percival (Pete) Roberts
One of Friday's kidnappers/rapists, in reality an undercover agent who participated only reluctantly. He was later assigned to "guard" her aboard the Forward. After she confronted him, they joined forces to jump ship at Botany Bay. During her kidnapping Friday called him "Straw Boss" for lack of another name; in the Forward he used the alias "Howard Bullfinch."
Sam Anderson told Max Jones the story of an acquaintance who was an Imperial Marine sergeant until he got drunk, missed his ship, and never had the nerve to turn himself in; his name may also have been Richards. Sam later denied having told the story; he may have been referring to himself.
Troop ship to which Juan Rico was assigned as a Mobile Infantry trooper. He returned to it years later as a Captain to take command of the platoon formerly commanded by Lt. Rasczak (deceased) and Lt. Jelal (disabled).
Deety Burroughs' grandfather, who left her a Navy sword and belt. Deety gave them to Zebadiah Carter as a wedding present.
(The Number of the Beast)
Miles Rodney
Government representative brought to the New Frontiers to negotiate with the Howard Families after their return from exile. He was a former employee of Slayton Ford's government.
(Methuselah's Children)
J. R. Roerich (no other first name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of the school board.
Institution where Alex Hergensheimer had been an undergraduate; he left there to study for the ministry. [The same as the Rolla Institute from which Brian Smith graduated in (To Sail Beyond the Sunset?]
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Rolling Stone
Name finally chosen for the Stone family spaceship, after rejecting such nominations as The Clunker, Dauntless, Go-Devil, Icarus, Iron Duke, Jabberwock, Morning Star, Onward, Oom Paul, and H.M.S. Pinafore. Roger Stone also sarcastically suggested R.S. Deadlock, Hairshirt, and Madhouse. The Rolling Stone was inspired by Hazel Stone's comment about "gathering no moss"; the family also called the ship "the Rock".
2. A hotel room that Colin Campbell rented displayed a plaque proclaiming it the room where the Revolution was declared. Campbell was skeptical, comparing it to "Washington Slept Here."
Roosevelt had polio in all time lines except time line two (home of Maureen Johnson); in time line two, he was elected to a third U.S. presidential term, but died of a stroke while playing tennis before his inauguration.
Jobbers and manufacturers agents in Des Moines. Sam Cavanaugh sent a message to them while hagridden, apparently to have more puppet masters shipped to Washington D.C.
Chief of Police in the town where Hugo Pinero set up business.
("Life-Line")
Royal Archives
Among other things, the repository of bills of sale, manumissions, etc. on Jubbulpore.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Royal Mexican Coast Guard
Organization that rescued Alex Hergensheimer and Margrethe Gunderson from the ocean. The two were billed for the service, since the central government insisted that all departments be self-supporting.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
Royal Order of the Wet Diaper
Certificate "awarded" to David Lamb after his first landing on an aircraft carrier.
(Time Enough for Love)
Flossie Royer
Gossipy old woman aboard the Tricorn. She showed an initial interest in Podkayne Fries, quizzing her about her home and family, but soon started treating her as a personal servant in the belief that she was "teaching her how to behave around her betters". Podkayne reported to her brother Clark insulting remarks Mrs. Royer had made about Marsmen in general and the Fries family in particular. Mrs. Royer showed up shortly after with photographic chemical stains on her face. ("Someone" had soaked her washcloth in the chemicals and then carefully dried it in total darkness, so that wetting the washcloth and using it in a lighted room activated the chemicals.)
(Podkayne of Mars)
Royer's Rectifiers
Mercenary outfit recruiting at the Las Vegas Labor Mart.
(Friday)
Rrringlath
Rrringriil's conjugate-brother. (See next entry.)
(Double Star)
Rrringriil
Martian who assaulted Dak Broadbent's hotel suite and was killed by him. He and Larry Smith disposed of the body by cutting it up into tiny pieces and washing it down the tub drain.
(Double Star)
Rudbek
a.Thorby Rudbek's home estate, also a town of the same name (originally called Johnson's Hole), near the Grand Tetons. b. The financial, industrial, and real-estate interests of the Rudbek (and Weemsby) families.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Creighton Rudbek
Thorby's father, probably killed in a slaver raid while touring the Rudbek family's interplanetary holdings. Born Creighton Bradley, he assumed his wife's name on marriage.
Thorby Rudbek's mother, probably killed in a slaver raid while traveling with her husband and son. She was heir to the Rudbek fortune.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Thor Bradley (Thorby) Rudbek
Heir to the Rudbek fortune, he was lost when his parents and he were captured in a slaver raid. He was purchased as a child on Jubbul by Terran Hegemony agent Richard Baslim in his guise as Baslim the Cripple. Baslim trained him in memorization techniques, educated him, and used him as a messenger in his undercover operations. After Baslim's death, Thorby delivered a memorized message to Fjalar Krausa of the Free Traders, instructing any Free Trader to discharge their debt to Baslim by taking care of Thorby. He was adopted by the crew of the Sisu until Krausa determined that Thorby was not born a Free Trader, then handed off to the Hegemonic Guard to have his true identity researched. He was briefly a Guard member until he was discovered to be the Rudbek heir, then taken to Earth to assume his family role. After a struggle with a step-uncle, in which he learned his family businesses might be behind the slave trade, he took control of the holdings and mobilized his resources behind finding ways to stop the slavers.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Rudbek Associates, Ltd.
Private investment trust that controlled Thorby Rudbek's financial interests.
(Citizen of the Galaxy)
Ruddyite
political persuasion of some members of the Lunar Revolutionary organization; its specific tenets are not described.
1.Star's grandson and a comparative culturologist. He acted as Oscar Gordon's groom on the quest for the Egg of the Phoenix. After Oscar returned to Earth and realized he was not happy there, he contacted Rufo and they set off searching for another adventure. Some of Rufo's colleagues called him "the Mad Scientist" for his radical theories.
The doctor who attended Maureen at the birth of Patrick, Priscilla, and Donald. He was the son of the doctor who attended Maureen at the birth of her first child.
Physician who revived Ricky Gentry from cold sleep.
(The Door Into Summer)
Runt (no other name)
Joe Briggs' name for Mrs. Keithley's agent who stole his wallet and guided him to the hotel where a trap had been laid for him; Briggs also called him Shorty.
("Gulf")
Clifford (Kip) Russell
High school student who won a spacesuit while aiming for the first prize of a trip to the Moon. He completely restored the suit, and while testing the radio accidentally contacted Peewee Reisfeld, who was trying to escape from kidnappers. He was taken captive with her and involved in a plot by aliens to invade Earth. He nearly died setting a rescue beacon after defeating his kidnappers, and after recovering was required to testify for Earth in the Lanador tribunal staged to determine whether Earth was any threat to the rest of the galactic community. When he returned home Peewee's father, a Nobel scientist, arranged a scholarship to MIT for him.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Emma Russell
Kip's mother, described as having been her husband's star pupil before their marriage.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Penelope Taliaferro (Penny) Russell
1. The Honorable member of the Grand Assembly representing districtless university women (she had an MA in government administration from Georgetown University) and John Joseph Bonforte's personal secretary. Bonforte called her "Curly Top". She had to overcome strong personal feelings for Bonforte to aid Larry Smith in his impersonation. After the impersonation became permanent, she married Smith.
Kip's father, a prominent scientist who retired to a small town over his colleagues' protests to raise his son. He occasionally agreed to take on projects for the government, but mostly didn't want to be bothered by the outside world.
(Have Space Suit — Will Travel)
Russell (no first name)
[mentioned in passing] Member of Lazarus Long's World War I combat platoon.
1. Independent government, possibly no longer part of the USSR [Friday was written before the dissolution of the USSR]. It defeated Prussia in a war.
(Friday)
2. It was ruled by a tsar in Alex Hergensheimer's homeworld. In Alec Graham's world, it was ruled by the Grand Duke of Muscovy, a constitutional monarch who no longer claimed suzerain over other Slavic states.
(Job: A Comedy of Justice)
3. 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 Number of the Beast)
4. Plague broke out in Russia and China probably as a result of the puppet masters' unconcern about human needs, particularly hygiene.
(The Puppet Masters)
5. The territory was affected by The Terror, but not as severely as North America.
(Starship Troopers)
Russian Self-Taught
[mentioned in passing] Book stocked in the Farnham bomb shelter.
(Farnham's Freehold)
"Russian Valley"
The Gay Deceiver crew's name for the area on Barsoom in which they landed; it was apparently controlled by Russian colonists and military. (It was also called New Russia.)
(The Number of the Beast)
Russo-Anglo-American Alliance
[mentioned in passing] Political alliance in the late 20th century that went to war against the Chinese Hegemony.
