Man in a High Castle

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  Not his best...

  ...but still an impressive work. The theme of a different outcome of WWII was obviously more interesting in the 60s when PKD wrote this. The characters lack clear features and the plot is not very convincing, at least not when we compare with his other novels.

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  Miroku said on Dec 24, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  This book looked at what would have happened if Germany and Japan had won WWII. It was written about 20 years after the war and set and an undetermined point afterwards. The Nazis had destroyed Africa and were colonising space but all the action took place on earth. I do enjoy the proto-cyberpunknes ... (continue)

  This book looked at what would have happened if Germany and Japan had won WWII. It was written about 20 years after the war and set and an undetermined point afterwards. The Nazis had destroyed Africa and were colonising space but all the action took place on earth. I do enjoy the proto-cyberpunkness of Philip K. Dick but find him a little odd.</p><p>I enjoyed the setting; Nazi’s had claimed the East coast of America and Japan the West coast. I think my favourite idea was the Japanese becoming obsessed with buying American kitsch artefacts, and the fact that there was such a huge faking industry. It seemed like there may have been too many separate but interwoven storylines as I had a bit of a hard time keeping everyone straight when the story went jumping around between plots. However, I’m sure this was my fault due to not paying enough attention rather than the writers.</p><p>In the book was a novel that told the story of what would have happened if the Nazis and Japanese had lost the war, the book became a focal point for several characters within the actual novel. At first this was so self-referential it was funny but then led on to a more serious discussion about the nature of reality. It was all odd but very good and the more I think about it the more I like it.

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  Robot-mel said on Aug 31, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Dick's vision of an alternative world divided, after WWII, between Germany and Japan is pretty interesting. His writing style however... Flashes of thoughts, bits of sentences. Like reading through a haze of smoke. Struggled to finish... strange book. Three or four stars? dunno... three. Three, no m ... (continue)

  Dick's vision of an alternative world divided, after WWII, between Germany and Japan is pretty interesting. His writing style however... Flashes of thoughts, bits of sentences. Like reading through a haze of smoke. Struggled to finish... strange book. Three or four stars? dunno... three. Three, no more.

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  Massimo Ortolano said on Aug 7, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Maybe his best...

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  Stephendurden said on Jun 25, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I might not be smart enough for this book.

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  flanderb said on Mar 25, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN-10: 0441518095
• ISBN-13: 9780441518098
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Pub date: Dec 01, 1983
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and Others
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