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Lest anyone wonder what we're doing, we're trying to figure out who is mentioned in L'Envoi, the last part of Heinlein's book called The Number of the Beast. The source quoted should be the earliest one in which the character appeared in the form in which they attend the conference-- there's a time-travel element which means that the characters may have been invited at any point (or points) in their lifetime.

Suggestions for changes and/or additions must be /posted to the group/ as a forum for discussion, not sent direct to the editor -- I'm not capable of judging the accuracy of these suggestions. Please *do* post them--no one's going to laugh at you, and even if your suggestion isn't right there's a chance that it'll cause an interesting discussion. Please email any errors in my grammar, spelling, layout, or logic to me.

A distinction between real people (R), Heinlein's characters (H), and other writers' characters (O) is maintained, the writers and books being named where possible. Persons specifically introduced in Beastmay have been omitted.

• Jubal      Jubal Harshaw H ~ Stranger
  
• Lafe      Lafe Hubert H ~ Methuselah's Children (= Lazarus !)
  
• Lazarus      Lazarus Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Anne      H ~ Stranger
  
• Miriam      H ~ Stranger
  
• Dorcas      H ~ Stranger
  
• Athene      Athene Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Jake      Jacob Burroughs H ~ Beast
  
• Tamara      Tamara Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Doctor      Rufo Rufo H ~ Glory Road
  
• Ishtar      Ishtar Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Galahad      Galahad Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Snob      H ~ The Beast (see anagram on business-card).
  
• Minerva      M. Weatheral Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Elizabeth      Elizabeth Long H ~ Beast (originally 'Libby' of Misfit)
  
• Gene      Gene Roddenberry R ~ SF writer (Star Trek !). Quote from ST#1.
  
• Maureen      Maureen Smith H ~ Time Enough
  
• Hazel      Hazel Stone H ~ Space Family Stone/The Rolling Stones
  
• Hilda      Hilda Burroughs H ~ Beast
  
• Harlan      Harlan Ellison R ~ SF writer & critic.
  
• Both Heinleins      R ~ RAH and his wife Virginia.
  
• Justin      Justin Foote H ~ Time Enough
  
• Zeb      Zebadiah Carter H ~ Beast
  
• Mordan Claud      Mordan Claud H ~ Beyond This Horizon
  
• Mike      Michael Valentine H ~ Stranger
  
• Master Poe      Edgar Allen Poe R ~ Horror writer
  
• Isaac      Sir Isaac Newton H ~ Between Planets
  
• Robert            Bob Asprin R ~ SF writer, ran the 'Dorsai Irregulars'.
  
• Arthur      Arthur Conan Doyle R ~ Mystery and SF author
  
• Worsel      Worsel O ~ 'Doc.' Smith's Lensman series.
  
• Betsy      Betsy Curtis R ~ Nurse. longtime correspondent of RAH's.
  
• Patricia      Patty Paiwonsky ? H ~ Stranger
  
• Buz      F. M. Busby ? R ~ SF writer, worked on '61 Seattle WorldCon.
  
• Joan      Joan D. Vinge R ~ SF writer
  
• Undine      Undine Long H ~ Time Enough
  
• Asimov      Isaac Asimov R ~ SF writer
  
• Benford      Gregory Benford R ~ SF writer
  
• Biggle      Lloyd Biggle Jr. R ~ SFwriter
  
• Bone      J. F. Bone R ~ SFwriter
  
• Broxon      Mildred Downey B. R ~ SFwriter
  
• Cargraves      Donald Cargraves H ~ Rocket Ship Galileo
  
• Challenger      Professor C. O ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Challenger series
  
• Chater      (Norman?) Chater R ~ Neurosurgeon who bypassed RAH's blocked carotid
  
• Coupling      J. J. Coupling R ~ SFwriter (pseudonym of John R. Pierce)
  
• Coster      Bob Coster H ~ Chief Engineer, The Man who Sold the Moon
  
• Dorosin      ???? !!!!
  
• Douglas      Archibald Douglas H ~ Let There Be Light
  
• Dula      Art Dula R ~ Lawyer on the board of the late L-5 Society.
  
• Doyle      = Arthur
  
• Forward      Robert L. Forward R ~ SFwriter
  
• Fu      Fu Manchu ? O ~ The only one we can think of.
  
• Giblett      ???? !!!!
  
• Gunn      James Gunn R ~ SFwriter
  
• Hartwell      David Hartwell R ~ SFeditor
  
• Haycock      Christine Haycock R ~ Married to Sam Moskowitz.
  
• Hedrick      ???? One of the common surnames amoung the families.
  
• Hoyle      Fred Hoyle R ~ SFwriter, astronomer
  
• Kondo      Yoji Kondo R ~ Astronomer - worked on Apollo missions
  
• Latham      Phillip Latham R ~ SFwriter (pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson)
  
• Mackenzie      ???? (Chris Priest/Randall Garrett/Bob Silverberg ?)
  
• MacRae      Doc MacRae H ~ Red Planet
  
• Martin      Mary Lou Martin H ~ Let There Be Light
  
• Mott      ???? !!!!
  
• Nourse      Allan E. Nourse R ~ SFwriter
  
• Oberhelman      ???? !!!!
  
• Passovoy      Bob/Anne Passovoy R ~ TruFans, Robert's a Doctor, Anne's a filker.
  
• Pinero      Hugo Pinero H ~ Life-Line
  
• Pournelle      Jerry Pournelle R ~ SF writer
  
• Richardson      ???? !!!! (Mentioned Phillip Latham twice ?)
  
• Rothman      Milton Rothman R ~ Physicist, SF writer & fan.
  
• Sagan      Carl Sagan R ~ Astronomer
  
• Scortia      Thomas N. Scortia R ~ SFwriter
  
• Schmidt      Stanley Schmidt R ~ SFeditor
  
• Slaughter      Frank Slaughter ? R ~ SFwriter. Only one we can think of.
  
• Smith      E.E.(Doc.) Smith R ~ SFwriter. One of RAH's idols.
  
• Stone      Edith Stone H ~ Space Family Stone/The Rolling Stones
  
• Taine      John Taine R ~ SFwriter (pseudonym for Eric Temple Bell)
  
• Watson      Dr. Watson O ~ Sherlock Holmes' companion
  
• Williamson      Jack (Ian ?) R ~ Both SF writers
  
• Benford      R ~ Gregory or wife Joan, Jim or wife Hilary.
  
• Hoag      Jonathan Hoag H ~ The Unpleasant Profession
  
• Mobyas Toras      Mobyas Toras H ~ H's 'enhancement' of Burroughs' Mars stories
  
• Escher      M. C. Escher R ~ Dutch mathematical artist.
  
• Cas      Castor Stone H ~ Space Family Stone/The Rolling Stones
  
• Pol      Pollux Stone H ~ Space Family Stone/The Rolling Stones
  
• Caleb Catlum      Caleb Catlum O ~ Vincent McHugh's Caleb Catlum's America
  
• Laz      Lapis Lazuli L. H ~ Time Enough
  
• Lor      Lorelei Lee L. H ~ Time Enough
  
• Ginnie      Virginia Graylock O ~ Poul Anderson's Operation ... series
  
• Winnie      Winnie H ~ I Will Fear No Evil
  
• Minnie      = Minerva
  
• Holly      Holly Hardesty H ~ The Menace from Earth
  
• Poddy      Podkayne H ~ Podkayne of Mars
  
• Libby      = Elizabeth
  
• Pink      Marilyn Niven R ~ Larry's wife (after 'Fuzzy Pink' slippers)
  
• Karen      Karen Anderson R ~ SFwriter (Poul's wife)
  
• Larry      Laurence Niven R ~ SFwriter
  
• Mr. Clemens      S. L. Clemens R ~ Author (Mark Twain's real name.)
  
• Bonforte      John Bonforte H ~ Double Star
  
• Sarge Smith      Sgt. Smith R ~ RAH's friend
  
• Penelope      Penelope Bonforte H ~ Double Star
  
• Ben      Ben Bova R ~ SFeditor and writer
  
• Charles      Charles N. Brown R ~ Editor and publisher of LOCUS
  
• Her Wisdom      Star H ~ Glory Road
  
• Hero Gordon      Oscar Gordon H ~ Glory Road
  
• Ira      Ira Weatheral H ~ Time Enough
  
• André      André Norton ? R ~ SFwriter. The only 'Andre' we know !
  
• Kat Moore      Catherine Moore R ~ SFwriter
  
• Fritz      Fritz Leiber R ~ SFwriter
  
• Cliff      Clifford D. Simak R ~ SFwriter
  
• Gordfather      Gordon R. Dickson R ~ SFwriter
  
• Berkeley      Bishop Berkeley R ~ 18th-century English philosopher
  
• Dodgson      C. L. Dodgson R ~ SFwriter (Lewis Carrol's real name.)
  
• Noisy      Noisy Rhysling H ~ Green Hills
  
• Holger Dansk      Holger Dansk O ~ Poul Anderson's Three Hearts & Three Lions
  
• B'f Shaeffer      Beowulf Shaeffer O ~ Larry Niven's hero from Neutron Star, etc.
  
• Pr.Wogglebug      Prof. Wogglebug O ~ from L. Frank Baum's Oz series