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Plant: Zenith Rising, The Characters List:
| Character Name | | Description | |
Abbalah | |
God or idol prayed to and mentioned by Carlos Detweiller | |
Demeter | |
God or idol prayed to and mentioned by Carlos Detweiller | |
Felix | |
Name on a note seen at Petersborough Disposal Co's landfill | |
Green | |
God or idol prayed to and mentioned by Carlos Detweiller | |
Hamlet | |
Character in a book quoted by John Kenton | |
Jack | |
From Jack and the Beanstalk | |
Jesus | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Moby Dick | |
Fictional whale | |
Rinaldo | |
What Dina Andrews called her large pink bear won at Coney Island | |
Turk | |
Name on a note seen at Petersborough Disposal Co's landfill | |
Zenith | |
The plant sent to John Kenton from Roberta Solrac. | |
?, Coretta | |
Aunt of Sandra Jackson | |
?, Eddie | |
Lawyer cousin of Riddley Walker | |
?, Elaine | |
Childhood friend of Sandra Jackson | |
?, Fergus | |
Name on a letter in Herb Porters Out box at Zenith House | |
?, Gertrude | |
Friend from Fortuna Walkers book circle | |
?, Orthina | |
Friend from Fortuna Walkers book circle | |
?, Phyllis | |
Childhood friend of Sandra Jackson | |
?, Randall | |
Husband of Sophie Walker | |
?, Ray | |
Uncle of Roger Wade who was an amateur Horticulturist. | |
?, Susan | |
Aunt of John Kenton. | |
Abelson, Norman | |
Oak Cove Orderly | |
Adams, Richard | |
Author of "Watership Down" | |
Anderson, Oren | |
Partner of Floyd Walker | |
Anderson, Toby | |
Fiancee of Ruth Tanaka. | |
Andrews, Dina | |
11-year-old niece of Sandra Jackson. | |
Andrews, V.C. | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Arlen, Harold | |
Composer--wrote "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | |
Bacon, Francis | |
Author quoted | |
Barfield, Don | |
Husband of Tina Barfield. | |
Barfield, Tina | |
The owner of the Central Falls House of Flowers. Boss of Carlos Detweiller. Wife of Don Barfield. | |
Barker, Olive | |
Author of the Windhover series published by Zenith House. | |
Beach Boys, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Beatles, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Bellows, Saul | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Benchley, Peter | |
Author of "Jaws" | |
Bixby, Jerome | |
Wrote "It's a Good Life" | |
Blatty, William Peter | |
Author of "The Exorcist" | |
Brown, James | |
Singer mentioned in passing | |
Carlyle, ? | |
Writer mentioned in passing | |
Carroll, Lewis | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Carstairs, Jinky | |
Author for Zenith House | |
Chesterton, John | |
Pilot killed in the crash of OCR Flight 14 | |
Chomsky, Noam | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Conley, Arthur | |
Singer mentioned in passing | |
Conrad, William | |
Actor seen on TV | |
Crandall, ? | |
Lawyer with Crandall & Ouitz, near Zenith House | |
Curran, James | |
Author in John Kenton's files. | |
Davis, Sammy Jr. | |
Singer mentioned in passing | |
DeFelice, ? | |
Children of Frank DeFelice | |
DeFelice, Frank | |
Worked for Tallyrand Office Supply | |
DeFelice, Mrs. | |
Wife of Frank DeFelice | |
DeGaulle, Charles | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Denver, John | |
Singer thought of by Riddley Walker | |
Detweiller, Carlos | |
Crazy writer who wanted his book published by Zenith House. | |
Detweiller, Mrs. | |
Mother of Carlos Detweiller. | |
Dorchester, Ellen | |
Author in John Kenton's files. | |
Durst, Rita | |
Worked for "Gimme the World" travel agency | |
Earhart, Amelia | |
According to Carlos Detweiller she disappeared due to "Demons" | |
Eisenhower, Dwight | |
Decorated Anthony Hecksler in 1954 | |
Eliot, T.S. | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Ellison, Ralph | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Enders, Harlow | |
Chief Comptroller in New York for Apex Corporation, the owners of Zenith House. | |
Evans, LaShonda | |
Part-time receptionist at Zenith House. Also called LaShonda McHue | |
Faulkner | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Ferguson, George | |
President of Ocean State Airways | |
Fields, W.C. | |
Author mentioned by Roger Wade | |
Flannagan, ? | |
Lived up the road from John Kenton as a child. | |
Flannagan, Tommy | |
Lived up the road from John Kenton as a child. | |
Flynn, George | |
Rejected James Saltworthy's book "The Last Survivor" when working for Viking in November 1978 | |
Fonda, Jane | |
Ruth Tanaka had her workout video | |
Ford, Arthur P. | |
State Police Lieutenant trying to catch Hecksler | |
Foster, Jodie | |
Actress mentioned in passing. | |
Foster, Stephen | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Freestone-Love, Janet | |
Author for Zenith House | |
Garfunkel, Art | |
Part of the band that John Kenton listened to | |
Gaye, Marvin | |
Singer mentioned in passing | |
Gear, Richard | |
Name mentioned in a letter by Detweiller to John Kenton. It should have been Richard Gere. | |
Gelb, William (Bill) | |
Zenith House Editor | |
Gere, Richard | |
The real name of the person called Richard Gear in a letter by Detweiller to John Kenton | |
Ginelli, Richard | |
Owner of the Four Fathers Bar where Roger Wade often drank. | |
Goldstein, Avery | |
Co-Pilot killed in the crash of OCR Flight 14 | |
Goldwater, Barry | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Graustark, Teddy | |
Apex Corporation Vice President in charge of Print Media | |
Hammer, Bill | |
Used to work as an editor for Zenith House | |
Hance, ? | |
Children of Evelyn and Jack Hance | |
Hance, Evelyn | |
Married name of Evelyn Walker. Wife of Jack Hance | |
Hance, Jack | |
Husband of Evelyn Hance. | |
Hangstrom, Herb | |
Used a Ouija board with Carlos Detweiller. | |
Hardaway, Nick | |
Pen name of the author Dawson Postlewaite | |
Hecht, Ben | |
Play author mentioned in passing | |
Hecklser, Anthony R. (Iron Guts) | |
Insane former Major General, but now retired. He wrote a book that Herb Porter had rejected for publishing. | |
Hecksler, ? | |
Sister of Anthony Hecksler. | |
Hemingway, Ernest | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Henries, Dr. | |
Doctor of Sandra Jackson when she was a child | |
Hitchcock, Alfred | |
Film Director mentioned in passing | |
Hitler, Adolf | |
Dead mass murderer | |
Hoffa, Jimmy | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Howe, Myron | |
Saw the crash of OCR Flight 14 on 31 March 1981. | |
Iverson, Barton | |
Central Falls police chief. | |
J. Geils Band, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Jackson, Sandra | |
Editor for Zenith House | |
Jakes, John | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Joyce, Jones | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Keen, Norville | |
He was the human "sacrifice" that was in Carlos Detweiller's photographs. | |
Kennedy, John F. | |
President of the USA thought of by John Kenton. | |
Kenton, ? | |
Married Sister 1 of John Kenton | |
Kenton, ? | |
Married Sister 2 of John Kenton | |
Kenton, ? | |
Unmarried Sister of John Kenton that lives with her mother | |
Kenton, John Edward | |
An associate editor at Zenith House | |
Kenton, Kevin Anthony | |
Mentioned in a letter to John Kenton by Tina Barfield. John Kenton's brother who died of brain cancer | |
Kenton, Mr. | |
Father of John. | |
Kenton, Mrs. | |
Mother of John. | |
Kimball, Richard | |
TV character | |
Knopf, Alfred A. | |
New York publishing house | |
LaScorbia, Anthony K.L. | |
Author published by Zenith House. | |
Lawrence, ? | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Leekstodder, Hubert D. | |
Co-Owner of the Shady Rest Mortuary. | |
Leekstodder, Mr. | |
Son of Hubert Leekstodder. | |
Leekstodder, Mrs. | |
Daughter-in-law of the Leekstodders. | |
Leekstodder, Mrs. | |
Wife of Hubert. | |
Lincoln, Abraham | |
President of the USA | |
Lockridge, Ross | |
Author of "Raintree County" | |
Lovecraft, H.P. | |
Author of the Necronomicon mentioned by Carlos Detweiller | |
Ludlum, Robert | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
MacArthur, Douglas | |
Gave Hecksler the lighter he used to start the fire in the Shady Rest Mortuary | |
Mailer, Norman | |
Author of "The Naked and The Dead" | |
Marksland, Rodney | |
Police Lieutenant from Long Island | |
Mayr, Dallas | |
Passenger killed in the crash of OCR Flight 14 | |
McDowell, Michael | |
Husband of Olympia McDowell | |
McDowell, Olympia | |
Aunt of Riddley Walker. | |
McHue, LaShonda | |
Part-time receptionist at Zenith House. Also called LaShonda Evans | |
Mencken, H.L. | |
Mentioned by John Kenton | |
Metalious, Grace | |
Author of "Peyton Place" | |
Milton, ? | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Mitty, Walter | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Monroe, Marilyn | |
Actress; friend of J F Kennedy | |
Moors, Ellen K. | |
Anthony Hecksler's doctor in Oak Cove Asylum | |
Mumy, Billy | |
Child actor who was mentioned as being in a Twilight Zone episode | |
Newman, Paul | |
Actor in Cool Hand Luke | |
Nixon, Richard | |
According to Carlos Detweiller he was infected with "tulpa" | |
Nordstrom, Tracy | |
Psycho truck driver who is the main character in the book "The Last Survivor". | |
O'Connor, Flannery | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Oceanby, John | |
Possibly fictional author whose name was used as a cover on James Saltworthy's book "The Last Survivor". | |
Ouitz, ? | |
Lawyer with Crandall & Ouitz near Zenith House | |
Parker, Dorothy | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Patella, George | |
Executive Vice President of RainBo Softdrinks. | |
Penbroke, Alicia | |
Nurse at Oak Cove Asylum | |
Perkins, Maxwell | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Piet, John | |
Orderly at Oak Cove Asylum | |
Poe, Edgar Allan | |
Poet mentioned in passing | |
Poppins, Mary | |
Movie character | |
Porter, Herb | |
Editor at Zenith House | |
Porter, Lisa | |
Ex-wife of Herb Porter | |
Porter, Mr. | |
Father of Herb Porter. | |
Porter, Mrs. | |
Mother of Herb Porter. | |
Postlewaite, Dawson | |
Writer known as Nick Hardaway | |
Puzo, Mario | |
Author of "The Godfather" | |
Pyne, Joe | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Reagan, Ronald | |
President of the USA. | |
Redbone, Sherwyn | |
President of the Apex Corporation | |
Redford, Robert | |
Actor mentioned in passing | |
Riley, ? | |
Police officer sent to the House of Flowers by Barton Iverson | |
Rockne, Knute | |
Football player mentioned by Roger Wade | |
Rogers, Rosemary | |
Author mentioned by John Kenton | |
Rolling Stones, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Roth, ? | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Runyon, Damon | |
Author mentioned by John Kenton | |
Saltworthy, James (Jim) | |
Author of the book "The Last Survivor" about a group of survivors on TV show. The book is to be published by Zenith House | |
Saltworthy, Mrs. | |
Wife of James Saltworthy | |
Saul, John | |
Author mentioned by John Kenton | |
Savini, Tom | |
Special effects expert mentioned in passing. | |
Schneur, Herman T. | |
Bus driver almost killed by Anthony Hecksler | |
Scrooge, Ebeneezer | |
Mentioned in passing | |
Shakespeare, William | |
Author mentioned in passing | |
Simon, Paul | |
Part of the band Simon & Garfunkel | |
Sinatra, Frank | |
Singer mentioned by Harl Enders | |
Slavinsky, Rodney | |
Author who uses the name of Bart I Straight | |
Solrac, Roberta | |
Alias of Carlos Detweiller. | |
Stames, Sally | |
Character in "The Last Survivor". | |
Stevens, Wallace | |
Poet mentioned in passing | |
Straight, Bart I. | |
Pen name of the author Rodney Slavinsky | |
Stylistics, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Tanaka, Ruth | |
Ex-fiancee of John Kenton | |
Temptations, The | |
Band mentioned in passing | |
Tidyman, Law | |
Close friend of Fortuna Walker who read her will. Husband of Sulla Tidyman. | |
Tidyman, Sulla | |
Wife of Law Tidyman. | |
Tyndale, ? | |
Police Sergeant who helped verify the photos from Carlos Detweiller's book. Worked at the 31st precinct police station in New York | |
Wade, Mrs. | |
Mother of Roger Wade. | |
Wade, Roger | |
Editor in chief at Zenith House. | |
Wagner, Honus | |
Baseball player on a card that was bought by Herb Porter | |
Walker, ? | |
Children of Floyd Walker | |
Walker, Deidre | |
Sister of Riddley Walker. | |
Walker, Evelyn | |
Sister of Riddley Walker. Wife of Jack Hance. | |
Walker, Floyd | |
Brother of Riddley Walker. | |
Walker, Fortuna | |
Mother of Riddley, Diedre and Floyd Walker. | |
Walker, Madeline | |
Favorite sister of Riddley Walker. | |
Walker, Mr. | |
Father of Riddley Walker. | |
Walker, Riddley Pearson | |
Delivered mail and a janitor at Zenith House. | |
Walker, Sophie | |
Sister of Riddley Walker | |
Wayne, John | |
Actor in the movie "Wake of the Red Witch" | |
Weiner, Robert | |
Passenger killed in the crash of OCR Flight 14 | |
Westmoreland, ? (Westy) | |
General who spoke to Hecksler in Vietnam | |
Wettermark, Randy | |
Best friend of John Kenton in 5th grade. | |
Whitney, James | |
Wrote an article on the crash of OCR Flight 14 | |
Williams, Alan | |
Senior editor at Viking Press | |
Williams, Tennessee | |
Singer mentioned in passing | |
Wilson, Gahan | |
Owner of a house in Connecticut where Ruth Tannaka met Roger Wade. Husband of Nancy | |
Wilson, Nancy | |
Wife of Gahan | |
Wolfe, Thomas | |
Author mentioned by John Kenton. | |
Yeager, Mort | |
Writer for Zenith House. |
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