Martian Time-Slip (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip K. Dick
- First Published: 1964
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrasensory powers
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Mars
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Mental illness, Time travel, Mars
- Locales: Mars
The Plot
Jack Bohlen is an immigrant to Mars living there with his family and working as a repairman for the Yee Company. He is assigned to do a small job for Arnie Kott, Supreme Goodmember of the Water Workers Local, Fourth Planet Branch. This assignment places Jack in the middle of a power struggle over a parcel of apparently worthless land that is to be developed by the United Nations.
Unlike Bohlen, Supreme Goodmember Kott is ruthlessly committed to the acquisition of power and material wealth at any cost. He uses people without hesitation or shame. He uses Dr....
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