| Full title | The Man in the High Castle [permalink] |
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| Language | English |
| Author | Philip K. Dick (author) |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Categories | Alternate history and science fiction |
| Publication year | 1992 |
| Original publication year | 1962 |
| ISBN | 0-679-74067-8 [Amazon, B&N, Abe, Powell's] |
| Pages | 259 |
| Synopsis | The Axis powers of Japan and Germany win WWII and divide the world among themselves. The story follows a small number of characters in this alternate history. The title comes from a fictitious novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, written by Hawthorne Abendsen. Grasshopper is about an alternate history (from the novel's point of view) where the Allied forces won WWII. Being a heretical notion, Abendsen perpetuates a myth that he lives in a fortified house (castle); hence the title. |
| Review | It was a riveting read, but I was left wondering what the point of the novel was. |
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