I wrote much of this story before the current war in Ukraine started. Why do I mention that? Chapter 5 is a very dark chapter. Who can come up with the shit in this chapter? The same kind of people who think the Russian atrocities in Ukraine are a good idea. Do me a favor. If you think the Russians are misunderstood and the Ukrainians deserve what is happening to them, don’t send me an email. I don’t need it. Thanks.
My wife just started reading Martian Justice. (She reads incredibly slowly, and I had her read Greenies first.) Anyway, we were talking about the story, and she commented to me about the power of the mega-corporations, “I can almost believe that.”
I responded, “Imagine if Facebook owned every television and radio station, every newspaper, every network, every movie studio - that’s InfoGroup. Imagine if Exxon owned every oil well, every refinery, every gas station, every pipeline - that’s Jovian Gases. And imagine if Price Chopper [a supermarket she retired from] owned every grocery store, every farm and ranch, every warehouse, and every food processing plant - that’s AgriCorp. Think there might be a problem?”
She agreed. There might be a problem.