The Man in the High Castle | The Man in the High Castle

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Author: Philip K. Dick
First Published: 1962
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Science fiction—alternate history
Time of Work: Shortly after World War II
Setting: San Francisco, California, and elsewhere in the western United States
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Alternate history
Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Authors or writers, World War II, California, West, U.S., San Francisco, Nazism or Nazis, Germany or German people, Japan or Japanese people, Antiques
Locales: United States, San Francisco, CA

The Man in the High Castle is probably the finest and certainly the most influential alternative history novel ever written, evidenced by its Hugo Award for best novel of 1962 and allusions to it in subsequent alternative histories. It is set shortly after an Axis victory in World War II, which led to partitioning of the United States into the German-controlled eastern region, the Japanese-occupied West Coast, and a buffer zone in the Rocky Mountain states. In contrast to the brutal Nazi regime, Japanese control is more cultural and economic in nature than...

The Man in the High Castle | The Man in the High Castle

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