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# Record Name Group  Category Subcategory BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU 1 Bide a Wee BBB Services Burial Grounds Bide a Wee Cemetery on Mars: "And after the towns were built and named, the graveyards were built and named, too: Green Hill, Moss Town, Boot Hill, Bide a Wee, and the first dead went into their graves." 2 Boot Hill BBB Services Burial Grounds Boot Hill Cemetery on Mars: "And after the towns were built and named, the graveyards were built and named, too: Green Hill, Moss Town, Boot Hill, Bide a Wee, and the first dead went into their graves." 3 Dr. Nlle BBB Healthcare Doctors Dr. Nlle Doctor Ylla's husband mentions. 4 Earth Settlements, Inc. BBB Companies Companies-misc Earth Settlements, Inc. "I don't care," he said. "I got the whole Earth Settlements, Inc., back of me!" He snorted. "These Martians won't dare." 5 The Elite Theater BBB Entertainment Movie Theaters The Elite Theater Theater Walter passes looking for people. 6 Gravitizers BBB Technology Electronics Gravitizers Technology mentioned by the Martian psychiatrist: "Yes, yes, what a lovely insanity. Metal, rubber, gravitizers, foods, clothing, fuel, weapons, ladders, nuts, bolts, spoons. Ten thousand separate items I checked on your vessel. Never have I seen such a complexity." 7 Green Hill BBB Services Burial Grounds Green Hill Cemetery on Mars: "And after the towns were built and named, the graveyards were built and named, too: Green Hill, Moss Town, Boot Hill, Bide a Wee, and the first dead went into their graves." 8 Green Lawn Park BBB Services Burial Grounds Green Lawn Park Cemetery back on Earth where LaFarge and his wife buried their son Tom: "You're right," he said, and turned his hands again to the heat. He gazed into the fire. "I won't speak of it any more. It's just I miss driving out to Green Lawn Park every Sunday to put flowers on his marker. It used to be our only excursion." 9 Gyro BBB Vehicles Aircrafts Gyro Vehicle that Spender mentions when speaking with Captain Wilder on Mars: "Will any of those men under you ever really understand all this? They're professional cynics, and it's too late for them. Why do you want to go back with them? So you can keep up with the Joneses? To buy a gyro just like Smith has? To listen to music with your pocketbook instead of your glands? There's a little patio down here with a reel of Martian music in it at least fifty thousand years old. It still plays. Music you'll never hear in your life. You could hear it. There are books. I've gotten on well in reading them already. You could sit and read." 10 The Martian Academy BBB Education Academies The Martian Academy College on Mars. Martian psychiatrist: "I'll write this into my greatest monograph! I'll speak of it at the Martian Academy next month! Look at you! Why, you've even changed your eye color from yellow to blue, your skin to pink from brown. And those clothes, and your hands having five fingers instead of six! Biological metamorphosis through psychological imbalance!" 11 Martian Sandship BBB Vehicles Motor Vehicles Martian Sandship Ancient Martian ships made to travel across sand: "Across the ancient sea floor a dozen tall, blue-sailed Martian sand ships floated, like blue ghosts, like blue smoke." 12 Moss Town BBB Services Burial Grounds Moss Town Cemetery on Mars: "And after the towns were built and named, the graveyards were built and named, too: Green Hill, Moss Town, Boot Hill, Bide a Wee, and the first dead went into their graves." 13 The Problem of Sin on Other Worlds BBB Literature Books-Religious The Problem of Sin on Other Worlds Book written by Father Peregrine that explores the potential for new sins on the planet Mars. 14 The Rocket Corporation BBB Companies Technology Companies The Rocket Corporation "Guess I showed them, by God!" cried Sam. "I'll report to the Rocket Corporation. They'll give me protection! I'm pretty quick." 15 Sam's Hotdogs BBB Dining Restaurants-Hot Dog Sam's Hotdogs Hotdog stand. Best hotdogs on two worlds. 16 Velvet Soft Diamond Gem BBB Personal Care Beauty Salons Velvet Soft Diamond Gem Beauty parlor in New Texas City that Walter calls looking for the girl on the phone. 17 The War Digest BBB Media Newspapers-misc The War Digest A newspaper in the pile of papers that Dad burns. MAKE BELIEVE MAP 18 Aluminum City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Aluminum City Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 19 Arcadia Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Arcadia City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 20 Biggs Canal Map Water Bodies of Water Biggs Canal The name that soldier Biggs gives to a canal on Mars"I christen thee, I christen thee, I christen thee - " said Biggs thickly. "I christen thee Biggs, Biggs, Biggs Canal - " 21 Black River Map Water Rivers Black River River on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 22 The Blue Mountains Map Nature Mountains The Blue Mountains Where Ella's husband suggests going. 23 Coolidge City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Coolidge City One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a city on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 24 Corn Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Corn Town Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 25 Detroit II Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Detroit II Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 26 Driscoll Forest Map Nature Forests Driscoll Forest Forest on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 27 The DuPont Sea Map Water Seas The DuPont Sea One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a sea on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 28 Earth Settlement 101 Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Earth Settlement 101 He stooped to fix a border of broken glass he had placed on the footpath. He had broken the glass from some old Martian buildings in the hills. "Best hot dogs on two worlds! First man on Mars with a hot-dog stand! The best onions and chili and mustard! You can't say I'm not alert. Here's the main highways, over there is the dead city and the mineral deposits. Those trucks from Earth Settlement 101 will have to pass here twenty-four hours a day! Do I know my locations, or don't I?" 29 Electric Village Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Electric Village Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 30 Eniall Mountains Map Nature Mountains Eniall Mountains Mountain range the Martian Tomas meets mentions: "I'm on my way to a festival now at the canal, near the Eniall Mountains." 31 First Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space First Town "He kept his eyes only ahead of him, going on down this wide shallow valley under the sun, away from First Town, waiting for the rains to come." 32 Grain Villa Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Grain Villa Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 33 Green Bluff [Earth] Map Urban Areas Cities-U.S. Green Bluff [Earth] Town in Illinois back on Earth. Captain Black: "This town out here looks very peaceful and cool, and so much like Green Bluff, Illinois, that it frightens me. It's too much like Green Bluff." 34 Green Bluff, Illinois [Mars] Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Green Bluff, Illinois [Mars] Town on Mars made to look like the town of the same name back on Earth. Martian: "This is Green Bluff, Illinois, on the continent of America, surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on a place called the world, or, sometimes, the Earth. Go away now. Goodby." 35 Green City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Green City Colony that Tomas mentions to the Martian that he meets: "Me, I'm on my way to Green City tonight. That's the new colony we just raised over near Illinois Highway." 36 Hinkston Creek Map Water Creeks Hinkston Creek Creek on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 37 Illinois Highway Map Transit Routes Highways Illinois Highway Road Tomas mentions to the Martian that he meets: "Me, I'm on my way to Green City tonight, that's the new colony we just raised over near Illinois Highway." 38 Iopr Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Iopr Town on Mars: "I don't know what good it'll do you, and go over that hill into the little town of Iopr and tell Mr. Iii all about it. He's the man you want to see. Not Mr. Ttt, he's an idiot. I'm going to kill him. Not me, because you're not in my line of work." 39 Iron Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Iron Town Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 40 King George Mountain Map Nature Mountains King George Mountain One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a mountain on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 41 Lincoln City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Lincoln City One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a city on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 42 Lustig Corners Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Lustig Corners Town on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 43 Marlin Village Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Marlin Village City Walter calls from trying to find the girl on the phone. 44 Mars Avenue Map Transit Routes Streets-Avenues Mars Avenue Street Walter wanders down looking for people. 45 Mars Junction Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Mars Junction City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 46 Nathaniel York Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Nathaniel York Town Town on Mars: "And here where the second expedition was destroyed, and it was named Second Try, and each of the other places where the rocket men had set down their fiery caldrons to burn the land, the names were left like cinders, and of course there was a Spender Hill and a Nathaniel York Town..." 47 New Boston Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space New Boston City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 48 New Chicago Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space New Chicago City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 49 New New York Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space New New York City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 50 New Texas City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space New Texas City City Walter calls trying to find the girl on the phone. 51 Oak Knoll Avenue Map Transit Routes Streets-Avenues Oak Knoll Avenue Street in the Green Bluff, Illinois on Mars where the Captain Black's family lives. 52 Ohio River Map Water Rivers Ohio River River on Mars. 53 Orri Map Geographic Areas Territories Orri Country on Earth, according to a Martian claiming to be from Earth. Martian: "Earth is a place of all jungle," said Miss Rrr proudly. "I'm from Orri, on Earth, a civilization built of silver!" 54 Peregrine Mountain Map Nature Mountains Peregrine Mountain Mountain on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 55 Red Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Red Town Town on Mars: "Here was the place where Martians killed the first Earth Men, and it was Red Town and had to do with blood." 56 The Rockefeller Canal Map Water Bodies of Water The Rockefeller Canal One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a canal on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 57 Roosevelt City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Roosevelt City One of the new names that soldier Spender suggests future Earth men will give a city on Mars: "We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn't set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose. And Egypt is a small part of Earth. But here, this whole thing is ancient and different, and we have to set down somewhere and start fouling it up. We'll call the canal the Rockefeller Canal and the mountain King George Mountain and the sea the Dupont sea, and there'll be Roosevelt and Lincoln and Coolidge cities and it won't ever be right, when there are the proper names for these places." 58 Second Try Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Second Try Town on Mars: "And here where the second expedition was destroyed, and it was named Second Try, and each of the other places where the rocket men had set down their fiery caldrons to burn the land, the names were left like cinders, and of course there was a Spender Hill and a Nathaniel York Town..." 59 Spender Hill Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Spender Hill Town on Mars: "And here where the second expedition was destroyed, and it was named Second Try, and each of the other places where the rocket men had set down their fiery caldrons to burn the land, the names were left like cinders, and of course there was a Spender Hill and a Nathaniel York Town..." 60 Steel Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Steel Town Town on Mars: "The old Martian names were names of water and air and hills. They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obeisks. And the rockets struck at the names like hammers, breaking away the marble into shale, shattering the crockery milestones that named the old towns, in the rubble of which great pylons were plunged with new names: IRON TOWN, STEEL TOWN, ALUMINUM CITY, ELECTRIC VILLAGE, CORN TOWN, GRAIN VILLA, DETROIT II, all the mechanical names and the metal names from Earth." 61 Tuiereol Map Geographic Areas Territories Tuiereol Country on Earth, according to a Martian claiming to be from Earth. Earth spaceship captain: "What - what country are you from?" Martian: "Tuiereol. I came by the spirit of my body, years ago." 62 Tyrr Map Outer Space Planets Tyrr The Martian people's name for their planet: "This is the planet Tyrr," she said, "if you want to use the proper name." 63 Wilder Town Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Wilder Town Town on Mars: "They came to the strange blue lands and put their names upon the lands. Here was Hinkston Creek and Lustig Corners and Black River and Driscoll Forest and Peregrine Mountain and Wilder Town, all the names of people and the things that the people did." 64 Xi City Map Urban Areas Cities-Outer Space Xi City City on Mars where Ella's husband mentions going twice a week on business. OTHER 65 Flame Birds Other Living Things Birds Flame Birds Creatures Ylla and her husband ride to town to see an entertainment. 66 The Loneliness Other Medical Conditions Diseases The Loneliness The disease of the first Earth men to settle on Mars: "And this disease was called The Loneliness, because when you saw your home town dwindle the size of your fist and then lemon-size and then pin-size and vanish in the fire-wake, you felt you had never been born, there was no town, you were nowhere, with space all around, nothing familiar, only other strange men." 67 Silver Ring Fish Other Living Things Fish Silver Ring Fish Fish on Mars: "A silver ring fish floated by them, undulating, and closing like an iris, instantly, around food particles, to assimilate them." 68 Untitled Other Themes Pleasantville #23305c #b71e0a #9c6e4c

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