Allusions of The Number of the Beast to Other Works

Allusions of The Number of the Beast to Other Works

The science fiction novel "The Number of the Beast" (ISBN 0-449-13070-3) by Robert A. Heinlein contains references to many locations, names, etc.

Locations

# Arizona Strip
# Helium
# Elko
# Grand Canyon
# Hill Air Force Range
# New Raffles
# Paducah
# Palembang
# San Andreas Fault
# Singapore
# Snug Harbor
# Sumatra
# Utah State University
# Winnemucca

Movies

# Time Machine

Persons

# Archimedes
# Carter, Captain John
# da Vinci, Leonardo
# Dirac, Paul
# Jefferson, Thomas
# Korzybski, AlfredFact|date=June 2008
# Lovecraft, H.P.
# Moriarty, Professor
#
# Nettie, Great-AuntFact|date=August 2008
# Pal, George
# Smythe-Belisha, Mr. GilesFact|date=August 2008
# Thoris, Dejah
# Wells, H.G.
# Whorf, Benjamin LeeFact|date=June 2008
# Yang, CecilFact|date=August 2008
# Zamir, UncleFact|date=August 2008

Phrases

# B.S.
# baby-chewed
# Blokes in Black Hats
# Boys in Black Hats
# continua craft [cite web|url=http://www.heinleinsociety.org/concordance/books/nb_hc.htm|title=A Heinlein Concordance created by M. E. Cowan |accessdate=2008-08-06]
# Cooper's Droop [cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903271,00.html|title=Cooper's Droop|accessdate=2008-06-23]
# County Clerk
# County Judge
# dogleg
# ETA
# "ex cathedra"
# family duty
# faux pas
# Gesundheit
# Gray Lensmen
# infantile bias
# information theory
# M.S.
# jungle machete
# lusty wench
# Mad dogs and Englishmen
# Old Stone Face
# Ph.D.
# Pooh
# priest's hole
# shrink factory
# slugabeds [cite web|url=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slugabed|title=Slugabed|accessdate=2008-06-23]
# symbolic logic
# tit
# whiff as a polecat [cite web|url=http://www.stinkybusiness.org/myths.htm|title=MYTHS VERSUS FACTS|accessdate=2008-08-07]

Publications

# A Princess of Mars [cite web|url=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/pmars-table.html|title=A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs|accessdate=2008-06-22]
# Air Wonder
# All-Story [cite web|url=http://www.philsp.com/mags/all_story_weekly.html|title=All-Story (Cavalier) Weekly/Magazine|accessdate=2008-06-18]
# Argosy
# Black Mask
# Clayton Astoundings
# Gernsbachs
# Jirel of Joiry [cite web|url=http://www.blackgate.com/articles/jirel_of_joiry.htm|title=Black Gate: Adventures in Fantasy Literature|accessdate=2008-06-22]
# Oz books
# Northwest Smith [cite web|url=http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/northwest.html|title=Northwest Smith|accessdate=2008-06-22]
# Oxford English Dictionary
# Reuters
# The Shadow [cite web|url=http://thepulp.net/theshadow.html|title=You Know Their Names ...|accessdate=2008-06-22]
# UPI
# War Aces [cite web|url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t1627.htm#A36544|title=The FictionMags Index|accessdate=2008-06-18]
# Weird Tales

Scientific names

# mammary gland
# Satyriasis [cite web|url=http://www.medfriendly.com/satyriasis.html|title=What is Satyriasis?|accessdate=2008-06-23]
# teat
# Wassermann Positive

Misc

# Aerospace Reserve
# Amazons
# Australian Defence Forces
# Ford of Canada
# Kaor [cite web|url=http://www.erblist.com/abg/customstitles.html|title=Customs & Titles|accessdate=2008-06-17]
# Ku Klux Klan
# "Liebestod" [cite web|url=http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Liebestod|title=Liebestod|accessdate=2008-06-17]

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