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The Man in the High Castle (Paperback, New [ed.])
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The teratological curiosity of the American reading public, whetted
and abetted by the press, could have made this novel a sure best
seller. Consider the premises upon which Mr. Dick bases his book.
They are fascinating: What if the Axis powers had won World War II?
What if Germany and Japan had divided after conquering in
1947...Capitulation Day it is called? He takes the hypothesis one
step further. It is fifteen years later... 1962. Africa is a "huge
empty ruin" sacrificed to Nazi Medicare. The Mediterranean sea has
been entirely drained, converted to tillable land. The "blond
queens", the "near men" of the Gestapo have found a new use for the
big toe. San Francisco is occupied by the Japanese. Old Adolph is
in some sanitarium with syphilis of the brain and Martin Borman,
heretofore the top man, has just died leaving the Axis powers with
a choice among Goebbels, Heydrich, Goehring von Schirach and a
couple of other cuties. How did the author turn this projected
cosmos into a hinterland where only confusion and boredom reside
for the reader? The Man in the High Castle is overpeopled,
spattered with telegraphic dialogue simply absurd (A Japanese
suicide says to his Colt .22 "Cough up arcane secret".) Finally,
there is riddled throughout a quasi-mystique, a pseudo-religious
leit motif relating to an Eastern machine that answers questions
when asked. This one could be pushed solely on subject-matter. But
it will disappoint greatly. (Kirkus Reviews)
Imagine the world if the Allies had lost the Second World War... Philip K. Dick trips the switches of our minds with his vision of the world as it might have been: the African continent virtually wiped out, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland, the United States divided between the Japanese and the Nazis...In the neutral zone that divides the rival superpowers in America lives the author of an underground best-seller. His book - a rallying cry for all those who dream of overthrowing the occupiers - offers an alternative theory of world history. Does 'reality' lie with him, or is his world just one among many others?
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Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Penguin Modern Classics |
Release date: |
September 2001 |
First published: |
May 2010 |
Authors: |
Philip K. Dick
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Introduction by: |
Eric Brown
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
248 |
Edition: |
New [ed.] |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-118667-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
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LSN: |
0-14-118667-4 |
Barcode: |
9780141186672 |
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