London: Gollancz, 1975. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£3.20 net). Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first hardcover UK edition of Dick's speculative work that imagines a world in which the Axis Powers won World War II, adapted into the Amazon Prime series of the same title.

Synopsis

The Man in the High Castle (1962), by Philip K. Dick, is a science fiction novel of the alternative history sub-genre. The novel won a Hugo Award. The story of The Man in the High Castle, about daily life for the victors and the vanquished under totalitarian Fascist imperialism, occurs in 1962, fourteen years after the end of a longer Second World War (1939–1948).

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On Mar 2 2015, a reader said:

Alternate history doesn't get any better than in this Philip K. Dick novel. Set in the then-contemporary world of 1962, it chronicles the lives of its characters in an America that had lost World War II and was divided into Japanese and German zones of occupation. Dick uses this setting to explore many of his standard themes about the nature of reality, but this is done within the framework of an enjoyable story that is never less than entertaining.

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Bookseller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 6307
Title: The Man in the High Castle
Author: Dick, Philip K
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus
ISBN 10: 0575019581
ISBN 13: 9780575019584
Publisher: Gollancz
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Science Fiction, World War II, Modern Literature, Speculative Fiction, Books to Film

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