Martian Pink-Slip

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At-will employment waits for the colonists on Mars! Martian Pink-Slip. (By the author of Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Job.)
Earliest known edition of Martian Pink-Slip.

Martian Pink-Slip is a short history of interplanetary labor law by sociologist Philip K. Dick, author of Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Job.

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"A greeble trap waits for the colonists on Mars!"

"At-will employment waits for the colonists on Mars!"

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