Martian Time-Slip — Philip K. Dick

Meet Goodmember Arnie Kott (member in good standing, that is) of the powerful plumbing union -- which has a stranglehold on Mars.

Or Joe Bohlen, a slightly schizoid technician whose time sense has a way of slipping around on him.

And the boy Manfred, who almost never gets to live in the present -- except when he is with the odd native Bleekmen of Mars.

From these, and many others, Philip Dick weaves a tapestry shot through with color, excitement, conflict and humor -- at once realistic, strange and totally convincing.