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Jubal Harshaw is a fictional character featured in Stranger in a Strange Land, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein.

One of the novel's major characters, he is described as: "Jubal E. Harshaw, LL.B., M.D., Sc.D., bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite, popular author extraordinary, neo-pessimist philosopher, devout agnostic, professional clown, amateur subversive, and parasite by choice." The main character of the novel, Valentine Michael Smith, funds a church and enshrines Harshaw as the patron saint, much to Harshaw's chagrin.

The character's name was chosen by Heinlein to have unusual overtones, like Jonathan Hoag.

Other fictional appearances

Harshaw also appears in three later Heinlein novels:

  • The Number of the Beast (1980)
  • The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
  • To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
  • References

    Jubal Harshaw Wikipedia


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