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The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick

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  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10552348?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>An alternate history with a science-fiction twist! The author explores a victory in World War II by Germany and Japan, with most of the United States under Reich or "Home Islands" control. There are a lot of ideas packed into this novel, about history, time, authoritarianism, art and artifact, identity, human relations, cultural conflict, etc. The Man in the High Castle won a Hugo award for SF, and it is easy to see why. The end of this book keeps you going through the last page. I found myself sitting there at the conclusion of the book, re-reading the final passages, and trying to figure it out. The denouement might be three paragraphs. I'm still thinking about it. This is one masterful novel, and (as you might guess from previous reviews) Philip Dick is one of my favorite storytellers in the science fiction genre.
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<br/>It is also interesting to compare and contrast the alternate history presented here with those played out in Michael Chabon's "Yiddish Policemen's Union" and Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," two books I've read within the last year. All deal with the impact of successful Nazism/Fascism on the United States, and each has a different angle.
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Scott's review
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An alternate history with a science-fiction twist! The author explores a victory in World War II by Germany and Japan, with most of the United States under Reich or "Home Islands" control. There are a lot of ideas packed into this novel, about history, time, authoritarianism, art and artifact, identity, human relations, cultural conflict, etc. The Man in the High Castle won a Hugo award for SF, and it is easy to see why. The end of this book keeps you going through the last page. I found myself sitting there at the conclusion of the book, re-reading the final passages, and trying to figure it out. The denouement might be three paragraphs. I'm still thinking about it. This is one masterful novel, and (as you might guess from previous reviews) Philip Dick is one of my favorite storytellers in the science fiction genre.

It is also interesting to compare and contrast the alternate history presented here with those played out in Michael Chabon's "Yiddish Policemen's Union&...more

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message 1: by Talia

01/15/2008 07:44PM

You might like Harry Turtledove if you like alternate history books!