SF only, please. I know if I opened it up to fantasy, I’d get a deluge of Tolkienesque names (hell, I’d probably contribute some myself). So focus, people, focus.
I’d maybe go for
God-Emperor
Karellen
Haviland Tuf
Starfleet Chief of Staff
Non-Scruffy Nerf Herder
Womp Rat
Padawan
Commodore Stoned
Mugato Trainer
Tauntaun Wrangler
Bantha Groomer
Max Headroom
**Y.T.
Shadout Mapes
Hans Rebka
Teela Brown
Protector
Tricia McMillan
Michael Poole
Susan Calvin
…ask a glass of water
Hari Seldon
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dave Bowman
Sherman
Louise Baltimore
David Warner
Barclay
**
My friend, you must drop whatever you are reading and run to the bookstore or public library and pick up a copy of **Robert Heinlien’s ** best novel. As dbuzman said, Mannie is the lead (human) character in Moon is a Harsh Mistress. This is the classic Science Fiction book of classic Science fiction books. Rebellion on the moon, a sentient computer, line marriages, the moon as a prison, farming on the moon, magnetic catapults, Hazel Stone as a young teen Hellion, Wyoh you need to meet Wyoh.
More than his more famous Stranger in a Strange Land, Moon is a Harsh Mistress is the classic science fiction must read by the dean of science fiction.
On that note, and as Manny is gone, I might go with Prof. Bernardo de la Paz or Scotty’s Apprentice.
Jim {The book is a fast and solid read and is truly the best novel by the master of Science Fiction}