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D-503

The novel's protagonist, whose narrative is written in response to a call for literary works to send to distant planets aboard the Integral, the spacecraft he has designed and whose construction he oversees.

I-330

A character with white, sharp teeth and a face that forms an irritating X. This character smokes and drinks alcohol in front of the narrator.

O-90

A round, childlike character who is impregnated illegally.

R-13

The narrator's best friend, a poet with "Negroid" lips who spits when he talks.

S-4711

A hunchbacked, mysterious character who follows the narrator around and is described as having wing-like ears.

U-

A woman with gill-like cheeks who is the controller in the narrator's building.

The Second Builder

This character assists the narrator at work, and ends up knocking him unconscious during a mutiny attempt.

Taylor

The revered founder of the synchronized lifestyle in the One State.

The Benefactor/The Well-Doer

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