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Allucquere - The Puppet Masters
Security Chief Juan Alvarez - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Richard Ames (aka Colin Campbell) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Sam Anderson - Starman Jones
Anne (Fair Witness) - Stranger in a Strange Land
Major Ardmore - Sixth Column
Pallas Athene - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

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Dr. Hartley M. Baldwin (aka "Kettle Belly," "Mr. Two-Canes") - Gulf, Friday
Pat Bartlett - Time for the Starts
Tom Bartlett - Time for the Starts
Col. Richard Baslim aka "Baslim the Cripple" - Citizen of the Galaxy
Thorby Baslim aka Thor B. Rudbek "Rudbek of Rudbek" - Citizen of the Galaxy
Betty - The Star Beast
Theodore Bronson - Alias of Lazarus Long (see below)
Gillian Boardman (Jill) - Stranger in a Strange Land
Joseph Bonforte - Double Star
Eunice Branca - I Will Fear No Evil
Jacob Burroughs (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Hilda Burroughs (Long) (nee Hilda Corners) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset

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Colonel Colin Campbell (aka Richard Ames) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Zebediah Carter (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Ben Caxton - Stranger in a Strange Land
Eldreth Coburn - Starman Jones
Grace Cormet - — We Also Walk Dogs
Hilda Corners (See Hilda Burroughs above)
Cynthia Craig - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Cuddlepup - The Star Beast

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John Ezra Dahlquist (Johnny) - The Long Watch. Referred to (under the name Ezra Dahlquist) in Space Cadet.
Daniel Boone Davis - Door into Summer
Hazel Meade Davis (Aka Hazel Stone, Sadie Lipschitz, Gwendolyn Novak) - The Rolling Stones, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis (Mannie) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Doctor-Livingstone-I-Presume (cat) - Farnham's Freehold
Matt Dodson - Space Cadet
Dora (computer) - Time Enough for Love , The Number of the Beast
Dora Smith (Adorable Dora) (Dorable) - Time Enough for Love
Dorcas - Stranger in a Strange Land

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Duke Farnham - Farnham's Freehold
Grace Farnham - Farnham's Freehold
Hugh Farnham - Farnham's Freehold
Karen Farnham - Farnham's Freehold
Friday aka Marjorie Baldwin - Friday
Clark Fries - Podkayne of Mars
Podkayne Fries - Podkayne of Mars

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Galahad - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Gay Deceiver - The Number of the Beast, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Joe Green- Gulf
Joe-Jim Gregory - Orphans of the Sky
Oscar Gordon - Glory Road

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D. D. Harriman - The Man Who Sold the Moon, Requiem (book), To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Jubal Harshaw - Stranger in a Strange Land, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Don Harvey - Between Planets
Gretchen Henderson (long) - To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Alex Hergensheimer / Alec Graham - Job: A Comedy of Justice
Mycroft "Mike" Holmes (aka Adam Selene, Gospazha Michelle Holmes) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Ira Howard - Methuselah's Children
Jonathan Hoag - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Hugh Hoyland - Orphans of the Sky

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Ishtar - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset

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Joseph - Farnham's Freehold
Max Jones - Starman Jones
Zebadiah Jones- "If This Goes On—" "Revolt in 2100"

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Karen - Gulf
Wyoming Knott (Wyoh) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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Stuart Rene LaJoie - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
William (Bill) Lermer - Farmer in the Sky
Lita - Time Enough for Love
Andrew Jackson Libby - aka "Pinky", "Slipstick" Libby, Elizabeth Andrew Jackson Libby Long (in Number of the Beast he is reborn a woman) Misfit, Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Number of the Beast
Elizabeth Andrew "Slipstick" Jackson Libby Long - Originally male, latterly female - (See Andrew Jackson Libby above)
Lapis Lazuli Long - Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast
Lazarus Long (aka Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Cpl. Ted Bronson) - Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love,
The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Lorelei Lee Long - Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast
John Lyle- "If This Goes On—""Revolt in 2100"

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Margrethe - Job: A Comedy of Justice
Dr. Mary Lou Martin - Let There Be Light
Mary - The Puppet Masters
Helen Mayberry - Time Enough for Love
David MacKinnon - Coventry
Gloria McNye - Delilah and the Space Rigger
Memtok - Farnham's Freehold
Minerva (Long) - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Miriam - Stranger in a Strange Land
Frank Mitsui - Sixth Column
Mort the Wart - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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Perry Nelson - For Us, The Living
Andrew Nivens, aka "The Old Man" - The Puppet Masters (his name is not mentioned, only inferred - the President calls him Andrew and his son's last name is Nivens)
Elihu Nivens, aka Sam Cavanaugh - The Puppet Masters
Gwen Novak - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

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Patty Paiwonski - Stranger in a Strange Land
Bernardo de la Paz (Prof) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Penny - Double Star
Pete (cat) - The Door into Summer
Longcourt Phyllis - Beyond This Horizon
Hugo Pinero - Life-Line
Pixel (cat) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Ponse, The Lord Protector - Farnham's Freehold

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Rhysling, "Blind singer of the spaceways" - The Green Hills of Earth
Juan Rico (Johnny) - Starship Troopers
Rufo - Glory Road
Clifford "Kip" Russell - Have Space Suit—Will Travel

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Johann Sebastian Bach Smith - I Will Fear No Evil
Sister Maggie - "If This Goes On—""Revolt in 2100"
Brian Smith - To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Maureen Smith (Maureen Johnson) - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Number of the Beast
Valentine Michael Smith - Stranger in a Strange Land
Woodrow Wilson Smith - birthname of Lazarus Long (see above)
Lawrence Smythe (The Great Lorenzo) - Double Star
Mary Sperling - Methuselah's Children
Star - Glory Road
Buster Stone - The Rolling Stones
Castor Stone (Cas) - The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast
Pollux Stone (Pol) - The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast
Edith Stone - The Rolling Stones
Roger Stone - The Rolling Stones
Hazel Meade Stone - (aka Hazel Mead Davis See above)
John Thomas Stuart - The Star Beast

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Tamara (Long) - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
Dejah Thoris - see Dejah Carter, above
Colonel Towers - The Long Watch

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Becky Vesey (aka Madame Alexandra Vesant) - Stranger in a Strange Land

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Rod Walker (Roddy) - Tunnel in the Sky
Ira Weatheral - Time Enough for Love
Barbara Wells - Farnham's Freehold

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A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R S T V W Characters in bold* are main characters/narrators.* Hover your mouse of the icon to see a picture of the character. This list is incomplete, feel free to submit additional characters! A Allucquere - The Puppet Masters Security Chief Juan Alvarez - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Richard Ames (aka Colin Campbell) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Sam Anderson - Starman Jones Anne (Fair Witness) - Stranger in a Strange Land Major Ardmore - Sixth Column Pallas Athene - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls B Dr. Hartley M. Baldwin (aka "Kettle Belly," "Mr. Two-Canes") - Gulf, Friday Pat Bartlett - Time for the Starts Tom Bartlett - Time for the Starts Col. Richard Baslim aka "Baslim the Cripple" - Citizen of the Galaxy Thorby Baslim aka Thor B. Rudbek "Rudbek of Rudbek" - Citizen of the Galaxy Betty - The Star Beast Theodore Bronson - Alias of Lazarus Long (see below) Gillian Boardman (Jill) - Stranger in a Strange Land Joseph Bonforte - Double Star Eunice Branca - I Will Fear No Evil Jacob Burroughs (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Hilda Burroughs (Long) (nee Hilda Corners) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset C Colonel Colin Campbell (aka Richard Ames) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Zebediah Carter (Long) - The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Ben Caxton - Stranger in a Strange Land Eldreth Coburn - Starman Jones Grace Cormet - — We Also Walk Dogs Hilda Corners (See Hilda Burroughs above) Cynthia Craig - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Cuddlepup - The Star Beast D John Ezra Dahlquist (Johnny) - The Long Watch. Referred to (under the name Ezra Dahlquist) in Space Cadet. Daniel Boone Davis - Door into Summer Hazel Meade Davis (Aka Hazel Stone, Sadie Lipschitz, Gwendolyn Novak) - The Rolling Stones, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis (Mannie) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Doctor-Livingstone-I-Presume (cat) - Farnham's Freehold Matt Dodson - Space Cadet Dora (computer) - Time Enough for Love , The Number of the Beast Dora Smith (Adorable Dora) (Dorable) - Time Enough for Love Dorcas - Stranger in a Strange Land E F Duke Farnham - Farnham's Freehold Grace Farnham - Farnham's Freehold Hugh Farnham - Farnham's Freehold Karen Farnham - Farnham's Freehold Friday aka Marjorie Baldwin - Friday Clark Fries - Podkayne of Mars Podkayne Fries - Podkayne of Mars G Galahad - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Gay Deceiver - The Number of the Beast, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Joe Green- Gulf Joe-Jim Gregory - Orphans of the Sky Oscar Gordon - Glory Road H D. D. Harriman - The Man Who Sold the Moon, Requiem (book), To Sail Beyond the Sunset Jubal Harshaw - Stranger in a Strange Land, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Don Harvey - Between Planets Gretchen Henderson (long) - To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Alex Hergensheimer / Alec Graham - Job: A Comedy of Justice Mycroft "Mike" Holmes (aka Adam Selene, Gospazha Michelle Holmes) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Ira Howard - Methuselah's Children Jonathan Hoag - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Hugh Hoyland - Orphans of the Sky I Ishtar - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset J Joseph - Farnham's Freehold Max Jones - Starman Jones Zebadiah Jones- "If This Goes On—" "Revolt in 2100" K Karen - Gulf Wyoming Knott (Wyoh) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress L Stuart Rene LaJoie - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress William (Bill) Lermer - Farmer in the Sky Lita - Time Enough for Love Andrew Jackson Libby - aka "Pinky", "Slipstick" Libby, Elizabeth Andrew Jackson Libby Long (in Number of the Beast he is reborn a woman) Misfit, Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The Number of the Beast Elizabeth Andrew "Slipstick" Jackson Libby Long - Originally male, latterly female - (See Andrew Jackson Libby above) Lapis Lazuli Long - Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast Lazarus Long (aka Woodrow Wilson Smith, aka Cpl. Ted Bronson) - Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Lorelei Lee Long - Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast John Lyle- "If This Goes On—""Revolt in 2100" M Margrethe - Job: A Comedy of Justice Dr. Mary Lou Martin - Let There Be Light Mary - The Puppet Masters Helen Mayberry - Time Enough for Love David MacKinnon - Coventry Gloria McNye - Delilah and the Space Rigger Memtok - Farnham's Freehold Minerva (Long) - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Miriam - Stranger in a Strange Land Frank Mitsui - Sixth Column Mort the Wart - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress N Perry Nelson - For Us, The Living Andrew Nivens, aka "The Old Man" - The Puppet Masters (his name is not mentioned, only inferred - the President calls him Andrew and his son's last name is Nivens) Elihu Nivens, aka Sam Cavanaugh - The Puppet Masters Gwen Novak - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls P Patty Paiwonski - Stranger in a Strange Land Bernardo de la Paz (Prof) - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Penny - Double Star Pete (cat) - The Door into Summer Longcourt Phyllis - Beyond This Horizon Hugo Pinero - Life-Line Pixel (cat) - The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Ponse, The Lord Protector - Farnham's Freehold R Rhysling, "Blind singer of the spaceways" - The Green Hills of Earth Juan Rico (Johnny) - Starship Troopers Rufo - Glory Road Clifford "Kip" Russell - Have Space Suit—Will Travel S Johann Sebastian Bach Smith - I Will Fear No Evil Sister Maggie - "If This Goes On—""Revolt in 2100" Brian Smith - To Sail Beyond the Sunset Maureen Smith (Maureen Johnson) - Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Number of the Beast Valentine Michael Smith - Stranger in a Strange Land Woodrow Wilson Smith - birthname of Lazarus Long (see above) Lawrence Smythe (The Great Lorenzo) - Double Star Mary Sperling - Methuselah's Children Star - Glory Road Buster Stone - The Rolling Stones Castor Stone (Cas) - The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast Pollux Stone (Pol) - The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast Edith Stone - The Rolling Stones Roger Stone - The Rolling Stones Hazel Meade Stone - (aka Hazel Mead Davis See above) John Thomas Stuart - The Star Beast T Tamara (Long) - Time Enough for Love, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Dejah Thoris - see Dejah Carter, above Colonel Towers - The Long Watch V Becky Vesey (aka Madame Alexandra Vesant) - Stranger in a Strange Land W Rod Walker (Roddy) - Tunnel in the Sky Ira Weatheral - Time Enough for Love Barbara Wells - Farnham's Freehold

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