Martian time reversal

Author: (USA) Dick / Ye Xuerong
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Humorous, painful, and awe-inspiring, this novel delivers a profound emotional impact that no modern novel can match. —Rolling Stone, the world's most outstanding science fiction writer, John Brunner, weaves truth and madness, life and death, sin and redemption into one, meticulously crafting a colorful and vibrant story for readers. Ursula K. Le Guin, in this desolate and impoverished Martian territory, water is as precious as oil. And even more precious than water is a 10-year-old boy with schizophrenia, Manfred Stern. Although the United Nations has ordered the expulsion or even destruction of these abnormal children, some people, especially the senior member of the Waterworks Union, Anni Cord, suspect that Manfred's mental illness is a path to the future. But what kind of future world will it be? And what will happen to those unfortunate people brought into the future by Manfred? Dick is an unparalleled literary genius. In this novel, he attempts to unravel the mysteries of existence and time by depicting authoritarian politics, extraterrestrial legends, adultery, and murder.