"Word doesn't represent reality. Word is reality. For us, anyhow. Maybe God gets to objects. Not us, though."
Time Out of Joint is, because of its premise, quite similar to A Maze of Death. Unlike the latter, with its religious themes, Time out of Joint toys with idealism, the ideas of Bishop Berkeley, colonization of the Moon, and the typical dystopic political regime in which nothing is as it seems. Intriguing for science fiction, the reader is treated to a lovingly "fake" world of the 1950s: a world of Cold War fears, Marilyn Monroes, the growth of television (the Nielsons may be named after the Nielsen rating?), and the birth of the teenager. Naturally, California liberals and other subcultures are alluded to as well, making for intriguing reading material about the decade. The "fake" reality of 1959 of this novel is a nice tribute to a decade falsely romanticized by so many.
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