The Man in the High Castle
Will be published approx. on 13. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-241-24610-8 (ISBN)
Description
An official tie-in edition of Philip K. Dick's dazzling speculative novel to accompany the new TV series, executive produced by Ridley Scott.
Philip K. Dick's acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world - one where the Allies have lost the Second World War. In this nightmare dystopia the Nazis have taken over New York, the Japanese control California and the African continent is virtually wiped out. In a neutral buffer zone in America that divides the world's new rival superpowers, lives the author of an underground bestseller. His book offers a new vision of reality - an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers were defeated - giving hope to the disenchanted. Does 'reality' lie with him, or is his world just one among many others?
'The most brilliant science fiction mind on any planet'
Rolling Stone
'Dick's finest book, and one of the very best science fiction novels ever published'
Eric Brown
Philip K. Dick's acclaimed cult novel gives us a horrifying glimpse of an alternative world - one where the Allies have lost the Second World War. In this nightmare dystopia the Nazis have taken over New York, the Japanese control California and the African continent is virtually wiped out. In a neutral buffer zone in America that divides the world's new rival superpowers, lives the author of an underground bestseller. His book offers a new vision of reality - an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers were defeated - giving hope to the disenchanted. Does 'reality' lie with him, or is his world just one among many others?
'The most brilliant science fiction mind on any planet'
Rolling Stone
'Dick's finest book, and one of the very best science fiction novels ever published'
Eric Brown
Reviews / Votes
The most brilliant sci-fi mind on any planet * Rolling Stone * California's own William Blake. Visionary and prophet * Daily Telegraph *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
195 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-24610-8 (9780241246108)
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Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle
Book
09/2001
Penguin Classics
€14.00
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Person
Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago, but lived most of his life in California. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels, typically incorporating androids, drugs, and hallucinations. His most famous books include The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the inspiration for the movie Blade Runner.