Characters and corporations Douglas Quail – menial worker, with a strong desire to visit Mars, brought about by a suppressed memory of actually being there. Kirsten Quail – Quail's wife. She is annoyed by Douglas's constant bantering about wanting to go to Mars. Mr. McClane – a senior doctor at Rekal Incorporated. Shirley – a receptionist working for Rekal Incorporated. Rekal Incorporated – a company that deals in false memory implantation. Interplan – a secretive government agency responsible for erasing Quail's original memories of Mars.
Characters and corporations Douglas Quail – menial worker, with a strong desire to visit Mars, brought about by a suppressed memory of actually being there. Kirsten Quail – Quail's wife. She is annoyed by Douglas's constant bantering about wanting to go to Mars. Mr. McClane – a senior doctor at Rekal Incorporated. Shirley – a receptionist working for Rekal Incorporated. Rekal Incorporated – a company that deals in false memory implantation. Interplan – a secretive government agency responsible for erasing Quail's original memories of Mars.