Martian Time-Slip

Though the novel begins rather slowly and doesn't get rolling until about half way through, it does end up as a very thought-provoking PKD novel. Set on a sparsely populated Martian colony, an autistic child is discovered to have the power to not only see the future, but to control it. The unscrupulous, in turn, try to turn this to their advantage. Many typical Dickian themes...more

Though the novel begins rather slowly and doesn't get rolling until about half way through, it does end up as a very thought-provoking PKD novel. Set on a sparsely populated Martian colony, an autistic child is discovered to have the power to not only see the future, but to control it. The unscrupulous, in turn, try to turn this to their advantage. Many typical Dickian themes here-- madness vs. sanity, abusive authorities, paranoia.   hide

Very intricate in its vision, especially when compared to Dick's more vague novels; Martian Time Slip was very good and though it lacked the twists usual to his work it did have the same mood and atmosphere with genius insight.

Made me sick.

One of the best of Dick's