The Man in the High Castle | Related Titles
"Faith of Our Fathers" (1967) was nominated for a Hugo award for Best Novelette in 1967. The story is frequently anthologized and is often the first story encountered by Dick readers who are not normally readers of science fiction. As such, it is a good introduction to his concerns, being a distillation of everything he has written. It challenges both the concept of the charismatic leader and that of the spiritual fountainhead through a devastating series of reality breakdowns that are at first hilarious and then terrifying. The hero, Chien, lives in a victorious Hanoi, part of a huge...
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