The Man In The High Castle: SF Masterworks

Dick, Philip K.

ISBN 10: 0575073357 / ISBN 13: 9780575073357

Published by Gollancz, London, 2001

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First printing in the SF Masterworks Series III. Pages a little age toned as usual otherwise a firm, clean copy in complete dustwrapper showing price £14.99.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man In The High Castle: SF Masterworks
• Publisher: Gollancz, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575073357
• ISBN 13: 9780575073357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

It is 1962 and the Second World War has been over for seventeen years: people have now had a chance to adjust to the new order. But it¿s not been easy. The Mediterranean has been drained to make farmland, the population of Africa has virtually been wiped out and America has been divided between the Nazis and the Japanese. In the neutral buffer zone that divides the two superpowers lives the man in the high castle, the author of an underground bestseller, a work of fiction that offers an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis powers didn¿t win the war. The novel is a rallying cry for all those who dream of overthrowing the occupiers. But could it be more than that? Subtle, complex and beautifully characterized, The Man in the High Castle remains the finest alternative world novel ever written, and a work of profundity and significance.

About the Author

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man in the High Castle, Time Out of Joint, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.