Planetary Series - Characters

Characters

• Amherst, Bob — (Tidal Moon)
• Atsuki — First person to visit Pluto, though the claim is disputed. (The Red Peri)
• Avery, Claire — Nicknamed "The Golden Flash". Rocket racer. Co-pilot on the Henshaw expedition to Europa. (Redemption Cairn)
• Basil — Space pirate on the Red Peri, brother of Elza. (The Red Peri)
• Briggs — Original co-pilot of the Hera, replaced by Kratska on Io after he fell sick with white fever (blancha).
• Burlingame, Patricia — Daughter of Patrick Burlingame, biologist, British. Later married Hamilton Hammond. (Parasite Planet, The Lotus Eaters, The Planet of Doubt)
• Burlingame, Patrick — British explorer of Venus. (Parasite Planet)
• Calthorpe, Grant — Trader collecting Ionian ferva leaf for Neilan Drug, formerly a big-game hunter on Venus and Titan; lost his fortune in the crisis of 2110.
• Cardoza — First person to travel by atomic rocket to the Moon. (A Martian Odyssey)
• Caspari — 3rd person to visit Pluto (The Red Peri)
• Coretti, Stefan — Nominally chemist on the Henshaw expedition; actually a government agent. (Redemption Cairn)
• Crowly — American explorer who claimed much of Venus' twilight zone for the United States. (The Lotus Eaters)
• Cullen — Chemist on the Gaea expedition to Uranus. (Planet of Doubt)
• de Lancey — Leader of the unsuccessful first flight to Venus. (A Martian Odyssey)
• Doheny — American scientist who perfected the atomic blast, dying in the process. (A Martian Odyssey)
• Elza — Space pirate on the Red Peri. (The Red Peri)
• Grandi, Marco — Space pirate on the Red Peri. (The Red Peri)
• Gunderson — Leader of the 2110 expedition to Europa, died in the crash of the Hera. (Redemption Cairn)
• Hammond, Hamilton — Nicknamed "Ham". Trader and xixtchil collector in the Venusian hotlands. Married to Patricia Burlingame.(Parasite Planet, The Lotus Eaters, The Planet of Doubt)
• Harbord — Astrogator on the Gaea expedition to Uranus (Planet of Doubt)
• Harrick — Important figure in Interplanetary. (Redemption Cairn)
• Harrison — Captain and astronomer of the Ares expedition, American (A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams)
• Harvey — Gustavus Neilan's assistant (The Mad Moon)
• Hawkins — First officer of the Aardkin. (The Red Peri)
• Henshaw, Harris — Captain of the 2nd organized expedition to Europa; killed by Kratska. (Redemption Cairn)
• Hervey — 2nd man to visit Pluto. (The Red Peri)
• Jarvis, Dick — Chemist of the Ares expedition, American (A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams)
• Keene, Frank — Radiologist and physicist, radiation engineer on the Limbo expedition into deep space. (The Red Peri)
• Kent, Carl — (Tidal Moon)
• Kent, Carol — (Tidal Moon)
• Kratska — co-pilot on the Gunderson expedition to Europa, contributed to the crash of the Hera. Hexylamine addict. Later went as biologist on the Henshaw expedition to Europa under the pseudonym of Ivor Gogrol. (Redemption Cairn)
• Leroy, Pierre — Biologist of the Ares expedition. Citizen of the "Sixth Commune" in France. (A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams)
• Maclane, Perry (d. 2077) — Nicknamed "Red". Inventor of the thermoid expansion chamber. (The Red Peri)
• Maclane, Peri (2061-) — Daughter of Perry Maclane, pirate, called "The Red Peri" (The Red Peri)
• Neilan, Gustavus — Owner of Neilan Drug, a pharmaceutical concern on Io. (The Mad Moon)
• Neilan, Lee — Daughter of Gustavus Neilan, later married to Grant Calthorpe. (The Mad Moon)
• Nestor, Solomon (2025-) — Representative of the Smithsonian on the Limbo's deep-space expedition. (The Red Peri)
• Putz, Karl — Engineer of the Ares expedition. Native of Germany. (A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams)
• Sand, Jack — Pilot of the first two major expeditions to Europa, on the Hera in 2110 and the Minos in 2111. (Redemption Cairn)
• Scaler, Kirt — (Tidal Moon)
• ten Eyck, Peter — Captain of the Dutch spaceship Aardkin (The Red Peri)
• Thorsen — Captain of the Interplanetary ship Lucrece; killed "Red" Perry Maclane, killed by Maclane's daughter Peri. (The Red Peri)
• Tweel — A native Martian, given his name by Dick Jarvis based on a sound he produced resembling "Trrrweerrlll." (A Martian Odyssey, Valley of Dreams)
• Vick, Diane — Canadian-born wife of Timothy Vick, accompanied him to Titan. (Flight on Titan)
• Vick, Timothy — A 'vision set salesman in New York, who turned to searching for flame orchids on Titan after being ruined in a stock market crash. (Flight on Titan)
• Young — Explorer (probably American) of Titan and Uranus (Flight on Titan, The Planet of Doubt)