From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!linus!security!tfl Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Heinlein SPOILER Article-I.D.: security.176 Posted: Fri Feb 25 10:52:58 1983 Received: Sat Feb 26 03:29:49 1983 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......