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The Man in the High Castle

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jan 24, 2012 - Fiction - 272 pages
“The single most resonant and carefully imagined book of Dick’s career.” – New York Times

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.

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Generally the plot line is pretty good. - Goodreads
My mind is still reeling in shock from the ending. - Goodreads
The pace of the story is also enjoyable. - Goodreads
I did find the writing to be a little inconsistent. - Goodreads
Writing style is not Dick's forte. - Goodreads
The ending was quite terrible. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Burton Bargerstock - Goodreads

I didn't enjoy this book nearly as much as I thought and hoped I would. I was intrigued by Dick's alternate history of earth after a German, Japanese World War II victory. Though this is a well-trod ... Read full review

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User Review  - Justinbwood - Goodreads

I've never actually read any Philip K. Dick. Reading about him, and trying to flip through a few pages of some of his stories, I never had much desire. I discovered this book recently, and as it ... Read full review

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Over a writing career that spanned three decades, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned toward deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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