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A review by tamouse
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
3.0
I hesitate to label this science fiction, except it involves an alternate universe
The book does really well in depicting a society that has lost a war, and is controlled by the winning societies. The defeated people mostly trying to impress their rulers, and become as much like them as possible. There is a great deal of racism in this book, which I don't find a detraction because PKD writes it with such an obvious distaste and condemnation of his characters' behaviour and attitudes.
The last third of the book, however, became highly predictable, and the ending was such a let-down, basically becoming a "Bobby Ewing in the shower" ending, which I felt was a huge cop-out.
Still a decent read, but don't get too involved.
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where the Allies lost World War II and the Axis won.The book does really well in depicting a society that has lost a war, and is controlled by the winning societies. The defeated people mostly trying to impress their rulers, and become as much like them as possible. There is a great deal of racism in this book, which I don't find a detraction because PKD writes it with such an obvious distaste and condemnation of his characters' behaviour and attitudes.
The last third of the book, however, became highly predictable, and the ending was such a let-down, basically becoming a "Bobby Ewing in the shower" ending, which I felt was a huge cop-out.
Still a decent read, but don't get too involved.