Martian Time-Slip | 1960s Elements in a 1994 Setting
Kerschen is an educator and freelance writer. In this essay, she discusses Dick’s decision to leave 1960s elements in his 1994 setting, which results in some dated material in this science fiction story.
Although science fiction can be set in any time period, readers usually expect science fiction to be set in the distant future. Martian Time-Slip is a little different, just as Dick himself was a different sort of science fiction writer. Dick actually wanted to be a mainstream novelist, but he could not seem to find a way into that realm. Consequently, he often used futuristic or space settings to give a story the veneer of science fiction when in truth it had a mainstream plot that could have been set anywhere. Martian Time-Slip is a satire of American business and...
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