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This was the third Philip K Dick novel I have read. This novel was very interesting from an historical point of view and I became engrossed with the main characters. However I believe that this shouldn't be the first Philip K dick you should read, I think that "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a far better book. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover... but isn't the cover just brilliant? Please read this book... it gives a clever and witty insight of how the world would have... more info
Pure Genius? I first read this in my teens, and I think that much of the subtlety passed me by. I have just aquired a new copy from Amazon,decorated with one of the most un-pc book sleeves you are likely to come across ( not a "tube-reader" folks)! I have just finished reading it, and well, this is clearly a work of genius. The book for anyone who hasn't yet read it, contrasts a novel, The Grasshopper Lies Down, about our post-1945 world; within a novel where the Axis powers won the Second World War. Japanese-... more info
Not bad, not great From most of the reviews on this site and being a huge fan of AH I had high hopes for this book, but I felt let down.
Instead of a novel its more like a collection of stories that are slightly interwoven - characters from a few of the stories appear in others, but that's about it. I enjoyed all of these stories, the characters were well thought, as were the situations, the use of the I Ching was a great way to show how the Japanese affected American culture, although it appeared to be an ancient... more info
World War II - but not as we know it. You may never have come across the work of Philip K Dick before, indeed you may know nothing about this writer, but then again, if you have seen the film Blade Runner, perhaps you have. Blade Runner is a movie that was based on another of Mister Dick's work: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Man in the High Castle suggests that the Axis forces won World War II. The United States is split into three, the western part, now the Pacific States of America is Japanese dominated, while the eastern... more info
