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The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

 

Description: ISBN 0140285628 / Author: Philip K. Dick / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... just as they did the Jews from Europe, and the residents of the new world's agri ... more

 ... cultural capital, The Ukraine. That, and the fact that this is a wholly earth-bound narrative, set sometime in the 1960s (or thereabouts), is nearly all we need to know. So, we have our shark in a tank. But what is it all about? There, the title gives us the full intention ~ something about living people not being able to conceive of being dead, isn't it? To see what the full meaning and intention of Philip K Dick is here, we must turn to the characters, and the (at ti...more

theediscerning
Crowned Review The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick: The Book of Change. (1320 words)
by theediscerning - written on 24.06.03 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Just as much that lies in the category of Art > Modern Art > British can be summarised in just a few words ("dead shark in liquid"), so much in the way of Fiction > Science Fiction > Alternate Worlds/Realities can be described in a similarly short way. In the case of The Man in the High Castle, it would be "WW2 ended the other way round". But just as we might like also to know what liquid, how the shark is portrayed, the dimensions of the tank, etc, we would also like to know what that initial premise entails for our future exploration. And so, in this case, it would be the following. Japan and The Nazis managed to win the second ...

nlingwood
Premium Review King of the Castle (177 words)
by nlingwood - written on 14.08.00 (Very useful, 24 readings)
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Philip K Dick’s science fiction classic is set in an alternative world. Here, the Axis powers won the Second World War, and for a generation have divided the USA between them. Japan controls the West, based in Dick’s home California, and is relatively benign. The Nazis control the Eastern US, Europe, and have plans to turn on their former allies. In this disturbing world, Dick uses his usual device of showing normal people, trying to live normal lives. He combines the extremes of enemy invasion and global power-struggles with relationships and earning a living. At one point, the Japanese consul sees our version of the American city, and is shocked by ...

MykReeve
Premium Review The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick: On the nature of reality (234 words)
by MykReeve - written on 23.07.00 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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This is amongst author Philip K Dick's finest work, detailing an alternate history in which the Allies lost the Second World War. The Nazis have occupied the East Coast of the United States, and the Japanese control California. In the neutral area between the two states, an underground author writes his own vision of reality, "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy", an alternate world in which the Allies won the Second World War… In the Japanese zone, the characters' lives are heavily guided by the I-Ching, and it's said that Philip K Dick himself consulted the I-Ching to guide the book's plotline. There's a strong feeling ...

 

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