The Man in the High Castle
Author: Philip K. Dick
Rating: ā 3/5
Date Read: 2016/04/09
Pages: 274
Well, if the Nazis won WWII, things would have gotten pretty terrible. Luckily, this didnāt happen, which makes reading about an alternate universe in which it did more intellectually interesting than actually terrifying. Philip K. Dickās version of a Nazi victory is certainly compelling, and it even contains a book within a book, which depicts an alternate version of an allied victory. Meta!
My main problem with this book is the same problem Iāve had with other Philip K. Dick books: the concept is compelling, but the narrative feels disconnected and disjointed. I had little investment in the characters, and I spent a lot of the book wishing that Philip K. Dick would write in complete sentences. So, while I found the idea interesting, the writing style just isnāt for me.