tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post2563994088766349769..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of "Martian Time-slip" by Philip K. DickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-77038762307292576712018-06-28T14:16:30.278+02:002018-06-28T14:16:30.278+02:00Far from being bad,I think the prose is of a mains...Far from being bad,I think the prose is of a mainstream standard,that is necessary to infuse the seriousness of the entire book.The mood and tone of it,wouldn't suit all his books though,it's just that it has a very different emphasis than most of them.Essexricnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-51842733453521838422018-06-24T10:11:16.492+02:002018-06-24T10:11:16.492+02:00You say the prose is poor.He wrote this in an inte...You say the prose is poor.He wrote this in an intense,realistic tone and mood,different to the quirky,grainy manner in which some of them were written.It wouldn't have suited all of his books to have been done like this,but the prose is hardly poor.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-13253730011946014052016-03-10T19:57:21.799+01:002016-03-10T19:57:21.799+01:00The Bleekmen might be "black" but they&#...The Bleekmen might be "black" but they're definitely not African. They are aboriginal Martians, which establishes the important theme of colonization that you touched upon.<br />Pretty sure Jack only had one love affair and it didn't seem the least bit grey/dull. Doreen was helping Jack maintain his grip on reality more than anything.<br />Also, Leto is Jack's father, not uncle. When you miss obvious plot points like these, I can see why you think many PKD books are misses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-67801884143362845952016-02-19T12:34:11.396+01:002016-02-19T12:34:11.396+01:00It's set in 1994, not "thousands of years...It's set in 1994, not "thousands of years in the future". Dick mostly set his novels in the near-future (our past now, for the most part), and sometimes in the 21st century. Even Three Stigmata, which appears as though it is set in the distant future, is actually set in 2016 -- this year.<br />Also, I don't remember any terraforming going on (but then it's been a decade and a half since I last read it), but you're definitely right: this is one of Dick's best, most coherent novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com