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    The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Man in the High Castle with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick, a work of speculative fiction which imagines what the world would be like if the Allies had lost the Second World War. In this alternate history, America is occupied by Nazis and the Japanese, who have divided the continent between them and subjugated the native population. At a time of mounting international tension, a mysterious novel, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, seems to offer readers an alternative reality, and with it a small glimmer of hope. Philip K. Dick was a pioneering and prolific science writer, and is also known for his novels Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and A Scanner Darkly.

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    • Questions for further reflection

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateMay 20, 2019
    ISBN9782808019507
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      The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      AMERICAN NOVELIST

      Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928.

      Died in Santa Ana, California, in 1982.

      Notable works:

      Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968), novel

      Ubik (1969), novel

      A Scanner Darkly (1977), novel

      Philip K. Dick is one of the most influential sci-fi writers of all time, as well as one of the most prolific. With over two dozen novels and over 100 short stories published in his lifetime, Dick’s fiction explores dense philosophical subjects. Perhaps most notable and most frequent among them were metaphysics and the nature of reality, as well as what constitutes a real human being in worlds increasingly dominated by virtual reality, androids, and commercialisation.

      While not enormously successful while he was alive, Dick’s novels have been adapted into numerous critically acclaimed films (such as Blade Runner [1982] and Total Recall [1990, 2012]), and his works are typically regarded as foundational to the sci-fi genre.

      IN AN ALTERNATE FUTURE WHERE THE AXIS POWERS WON WWII, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN REAL AND COPY IS BLURRING

      Genre: science fiction novel

      Reference edition: Dick, P. K. (2015) The Man in the High Castle. London: Penguin Classics.

      1stedition: 1962

      Themes: international conflict, science fiction, reality, simulacra, postwar fiction, WWII, paranoia, nationalism, national consciousness

      In the 1960s in what used to be the United States, Japan and Germany have divided the continent into territories.

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