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
- Elko
- Grand Canyon
- Helium
- 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, Alfred
- Lovecraft, H.P.
- Moriarty, Professor
- Nettie, Great-Aunt
- Pal, George
- Smith, Edward Elmer (Doc)
- Smythe-Belisha, Mr. Giles
- Thoris, Dejah
- Wells, H.G.
- Whorf, Benjamin Lee
- Yang, Cecil
- Zamir, Uncle
Phrases
- B.S.
- baby-chewed
- Blokes in Black Hats
- Boys in Black Hats
- continua craft
- Cooper's Droop
- County Clerk
- County Judge
- dogleg
- ETA
- ex cathedra
- family duty
- faux pas
- Gesundheit
- Gray Lensmen
- infantile bias
- information theory
- jungle machete
- lusty wench
- M.S.
- Mad dogs and Englishmen
- Old Stone Face
- Ph.D.
- Pooh
- priest's hole
- shrink factory
- slugabeds
- symbolic logic
- tit
- whiff as a polecat
Publications
- A Princess of Mars
- Air Wonder
- All-Story
- Argosy
- Black Mask
- Clayton Astoundings
- Gernsbachs
- Jirel of Joiry
- Northwest Smith
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oz books
- Reuters
- The Lensmen Series
- The Shadow
- UPI
- War Aces
- Weird Tales
Scientific names
- mammary gland
- Satyriasis
- teat
- Wassermann Positive
Miscellaneous
- Aerospace Reserve
- Amazons
- Australian DeFence Forces
- Ford of Canada
- Kaor
- Ku Klux Klan
- Liebestod