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The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Start date: December 1, 2013

Finish date: December 31, 2013

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Hugo Award 1963

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Hugo Award 1963

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Sep 11, 2016 Carlex rated it it was amazing

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Como uno de sus personajes atascados en la (en su) realidad, en una especie de "horror vacui", me faltan palabras para comentar esta novela.

Se me ocurre que PKD era un hombre inteligentísimo (supongo que todos los genios lo son, algo que no se tiene siempre presente). Lo digo por las cuestiones/reflexiones que plantea mientras nos cuenta su ucronía. Algunas serían: solipsismo, el punto de vista subjetivo modifica la realidad (psicología/sociología e incluso física), choques culturales e ideológ ...more

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Aug 06, 2010 Jack Massa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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"A science fiction novel about an alternate world where Germany and Japan won World War II" doesn't begin to cover it.

From page 1 we are plunged not only into this odd yet strangely familiar world, but into the minds of vividly-realized characters who live there. Much of the book is internal monologue, skillfully written. We share the consciouness of Americans who've lived under Japanese occupation for 20 years and have adapted much of the Asian cultural view--elaborate social ritual, indirectio ...more

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