Player Piano

A thirty-five-year-old engineer and manager of the Ilium Works who grows uneasy with the automated system he helps run.

Paul's old friend and fellow engineer, who walked away from the system and pushes Paul to question it.

Paul's ambitious wife, who measures success by his standing in the managerial class.

A minister drawn into the circle of dissenters around Finnerty.

Paul's powerful superior in the Ilium management hierarchy, who has high expectations of him.