Martian Time-Slip
Tags: sci-fi psychology
Martian Time-Slip, published in 1964, takes place on Mars in the late 1990s. The United Nations has begun colonizing the red planet, “reclaiming” desert to serve as farmland and establishing settlements along the great canals. Water is scarce, as are fine foods and luxury goods. Most people subsist on water rations and whatever meager crops they can raise.
Jack Bohlen is a repairman flying from job to job in his Yee Company helicopter.