Martian Time-Slip

Name: Martian Time-Slip
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9798894864211

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/20/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Combining political intrigue, time travel, family drama, and all the perils that come with being the first at anything, Hugo Award–winning author Philip K. Dick's Martian Time-Slip follows a group of exiled colonists on Mars and the ten-year-old psychic among them, a boy so powerful he not only looks into the future, but can send people there. "The writing is humorous, painful, awesome in its effect on both mind and heart … There are few modern novels to match it."—Rolling Stone On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound interlopers to buy up land before the UN develops it and its value skyrockets. Martian Union leader Arnie Kott has an ace up his sleeve, though: an autistic boy named Manfred who seems to have the ability to see the future. In the hopes of gaining an advantage on a Martian real estate deal, powerful people force Manfred to send them into the future, where they can learn about development plans. But is Manfred sending them to the real future or one colored by his own dark and paranoid filter? As the time travelers are drawn into Manfred's dark worldview in both the future and present, the cost of doing business may drive them all insane.

About Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn on October 15, 2023

"Death upsets everyone, makes them do peculiar things; it sets a radiating process of action and emotion going that works its way out, farther and farther, to embrace more people and things." - Philip K. Dick, Martian Time-Slip Dickheads of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your minds! Go......more

Goodreads review by Stuart on January 19, 2016

Paranoia, schizophrenia, greed, exploitation, suburban ennui, adultery, real estate scams, small-time businessmen, robot educators, colonization of Mars, distortions of time and reality, gubble, gubble, gubble... Yep, this is another of PKD's brilliant explorations of the minds of his characters, the......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 17, 2024

A difficult exploration of the human condition While dealing with the common, indeed one might even say overworked and mundane, concept of a human colony on Mars, MARTIAN TIME-SLIP also delves into the realm of mental illness, including schizophrenia and autism. Philip K Dick raises the interesting......more

Goodreads review by Ian on April 12, 2021

CRITIQUE: Capitalism and Schizophrenia* The novel's protagonist, Jack Bohlen, is described as "young, dark-haired, slender, glasses, and with a nervous manner. Our finest repairman." He's married to Silvia and has a young son, David. It's arguable that he bears some resemblance to Dick himself, apart......more

Goodreads review by Printable Tire on September 06, 2011

Working my way back into reading all Dick's novels again. Here is some classic Dick (ew!): the clunky exposition, the complexity of reality. This one begins and ends by concerning itself with a bevy of topics and characters: unions, autism, the education system, family life, marital infidelity, gent......more