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A review by mubeenirfan
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
2.0
This is a speculative fiction considered a modern classic. I picked it up because the theme is around Nazis and how in an alternate world the Nazis & Japs have won the war and divided the world & the US between them. It shows how when the war is over the German experiment continues and how the Germans & Japs relationship is souring with passing time. I did not like the way how everyone in Japan side of things was consulting this old Oracle book for fortune telling and basing their actions on it whereas in Germany people are using rockets to travel cross Atlantic in 45 minutes, building H bomb and landing on Mars. Somehow it gives an impression that the asians are an inferior race even in an alternate reality. Writing gets meta-physical at times which seems besides the point.
Read it only if you have the same love for all things WWII as I have, else skip it. There is a show based on this book, watch that instead (not sure how it is since I wanted to read the book first & will skip the show now). 2 stars for being only Ok.
Read it only if you have the same love for all things WWII as I have, else skip it. There is a show based on this book, watch that instead (not sure how it is since I wanted to read the book first & will skip the show now). 2 stars for being only Ok.