- Author:
- Philip K. Dick (author)
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books
- Categories:
- Alternate history and science fiction
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Original publication year:
- 1962
- ISBN:
- 0-679-74067-8
- 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.