tfl (02/25/83)
Here follows a table of characters referred to in the last chapters of NUMBER
OF THE BEAST that appear in other Heinlein stories (plus some other assorted
sly references).
name reference
==== =========
Lazarus Long Methusala's Children and Time Enough for Love
Jubal Harshaw Stranger in a Strange Land
Sir Isaac Newton Between Planets
The Dane (Holger) Poul Anderson (ref. to Three Hearts, Three Lions)
Anne, Miriam, and Dorcas Stranger
Athene Time Enough for Love
Oscar Gordon Glory Road
Star Gordon Glory Road
Podkayne Podkayne of Mars
Bonforte Double Star
Libby Methusala
Holly (Jones) The Menace from Earth
Cas + Pol (Stone) The Rolling Stones
Hoag (Jonathan) The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Sarge Smith E.E. Doc Smith????
As to someone's question of what Heinlein was trying to do in these last
chapters, I submit the following paragraph by Poul Anderson as it appeared in
THE PSYCH-TECHNIC LEAGUE:
I could even imitate Heinlein again and bail out the whole series
by declaring that it shows an alternate cosmos. p. 285
Finally, an interesting trivia question from FRIDAY. Friday's boss, "Kettle
Belly," appeared in what previous Heinlein novella?
from a drood who knows where his
towel is......charlie (03/01/83)
#R:security:-17600:hp-pcd:8200014:000:222 hp-pcd!charlie Feb 28 14:36:00 1983 Kettle Belly Baldwin "King of the Kopters", appeared in "Gulf", one of the better science fiction novellas ever written. I am not sure but was Sargeant Smith Lazarus Long's alias in Time Enough for love? -charlie-
jma (03/01/83)
Starship Troopers is dedicated to Sarge - Arthur George Smith. Could this be the Sarge Smith of The Number of the Beast?