Martian time-slip
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On the arid colony of Mars the only thing more precious than water may be a ten-year-old schizophrenic boy named Manfred Steiner. For although the UN has slated "anomalous" children for deportation and destruction, other people--especially Supreme Goodmember Arnie Kott of the Water Worker's union--suspect that Manfred's disorder may be a window into the future. In Martian Time-Slip Philip K. Dick uses power politics and extraterrestrial real estate scams, adultery, and murder to penetrate the mysteries of being and time.
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9780679761679
9781400095773
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Dick's 1968 novel offers a world in which water is a precious commodity and schizophrenia is the norm. For all sf collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Dick's 1968 novel offers a world in which water is a precious commodity and schizophrenia is the norm. For all sf collections. Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information.
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