List of Aliases
All the aliases used by the narrator have the initials H.C.E., a reference to Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
- Harold Clancy Everett (name given by the orphanage)
- Hank Culafroy Eckles (on the flight to Earth)
- Harmony C. Eventide (in New York)
- Harry Calamine Eldritch (a previous alias which Maud uses to address him)
- Harvey Cadwaliter-Erickson (invented by Hawk the Singer for the party, suggesting a connection with a wealthy family of tungsten magnates)
- Henrietta, Countess of Effingham (used in the diversion at the party)
- The Honorable Clement Effingham (used in the diversion at the party)
- Hector Calhoun Eisenhower (as he rises in the underworld on Triton, buying the ice cream bar)
- Hamlet Caliban Enobarbus (invented by Maud on their second encounter, when she recognizes him despite an elaborate disguise)
- Ho Chi Eng (his alias-to-be at the end of the story, when he is about to undertake another enterprise)
The steward at the ice cream bar also makes a joke about a shipment of contraband milk, coining the name Heist Cream Emperor. It is not appreciated.
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