Martian Time-Slip | Themes

Human Interdependence
Dick’s plot in Martian Time-Slip is something akin to the idea of six degrees of separation in that he uses the death of Norbert Steiner to set in motion a series of events that entangles the lives of characters who are seemingly unrelated. The message is that everyone living on Mars (or elsewhere), whether they like it or not, is dependent on everyone else. The patients in the home for anomalous children are dependent on the those who believe that these children’s lives have value. The colony is dependent on Arnie and the...

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