The Man in the High Castle
A chilling vision of the world
It is 1962 and fifteen years after the American surrender, California is under Japanese occupation. But there is a strange book circulating around the United States, amid Japanese amusement and German fury, in which the Allies did not lose World War II. The truth about the world turned upside down is perhaps hidden in the hints of the oracular Book of Changes of the I Ching, whose hinted language occupiers, collaborators and bitter patriots are trying to decipher.
Philip K. Dick won his only Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 1963 for one of his most accessible and ambiguous books, and today it is a universally acclaimed classic of alternate history, and as such has recently received a successful series treatment as well. The new illustrated edition is accompanied by a comprehensive foreword by the renowned writer Ursula K. Le Guin.
Philip K. Dick
American science fi ction writer. He gained popularity for his unique style of writing, but his work was influenced by drug use and later psychological disorders. He wrote 44 novels and 121 short stories. He published his first short story in 1952 in Planet Stories magazine. During 1952-56 he wrote 75 short stories and ranked among the promising young authors. Between 1962-72 he published 20 novels. By the early 1970s, Dick was considered the most important philosopher of the contemporary American science fiction scene. He was critical of the U.S. government and was subjected to police terror for his stance, so he left the United States for a time for Canada. It wasn't until 1972 that he returned to Los Angeles in Southern California. After decades, a turning point in his life came. He decided to break with everything he had experienced before and claimed to have witnessed a divine revelation.
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