The Man in the High Castle

"The Man in the High Castle" er science fiction-forfatteren Phillip K. Dicks overraskende og dybe roman, der udforsker, hvad der ville være sket, hvis verdenshistorien havde udfoldet sig anderledes. "The Man in the High Castle" finder sted i Amerika femten år efter afslutningen af Anden Verdenskrig. Krigens sejrherrer, Aksemagterne, har delt USAs landmasse imellem sig: Nazityskland har kontrol over kæmpestaten New York, mens kæmpestaten California styres af Kejserriget Japan. Mellem disse to stater, der er fanget i en kold krig med hinanden, findes en neutral bufferzone, hvori den legendariske forfatter Hawthorne Abendsen eftersigende bor. Abendsen lever skjult og i frygt for sit liv pga. skandaleromanen han skrev om en anderledes fremtid, hvor Anden Verdenskrig blev vundet af de allierede.

"The Man in the High Castle" er science fiction-forfatteren Phillip K. Dicks overraskende og dybe roman, der udforsker, hvad der ville være sket, hvis verdenshistorien havde udfoldet sig anderledes. "The Man in the High Castle" finder sted i Amerika femten år efter afslutningen af Anden Verdenskrig. Krigens sejrherrer, Aksemagterne, har delt USAs landmasse imellem sig: Nazityskland har kontrol over kæmpestaten New York, mens kæmpestaten California styres af Kejserriget Japan. Mellem disse to stater, der er fanget i en kold krig med hinanden, findes en neutral bufferzone, hvori den legendariske forfatter Hawthorne Abendsen eftersigende bor. Abendsen lever skjult og i frygt for sit liv pga. skandaleromanen han skrev om en anderledes fremtid, hvor Anden Verdenskrig blev vundet af de allierede.

"The Man in the High Castle" er Philip K. Dicks kontrafaktiske science-fiction fortælling om en forfatters liv i en frygtelig alternativ verden, hvor nazisterne har vundet anden verdenskrig I denne dystopiske mareridtsverden har de allierede tabt krigen. Nazisterne har overtaget New York, Japan kontrollerer Californien og Afrika er udslettet. I en neutral zone i Amerika mellem verdens nye supermagter lever en forfatter. Han har skrevet en hemmelig bestseller om en verden, hvor de allierede har vundet krigen, som indgyder håb i befolkningen om en bedre fremtid. Philip K. Dick beskriver ned i detaljen om en realistisk alternativ fremtid, hvor sandheden konstant udfordres og forandres. "The Man in the High Castle" er filmatiseret af Ridley Scott, og anses som en af litteraturens bedste science-fiction romaner.

"The Man in the High Castle" er Philip K. Dicks kontrafaktiske science-fiction fortælling om en forfatters liv i en frygtelig alternativ verden, hvor nazisterne har vundet anden verdenskrig I denne dystopiske mareridtsverden har de allierede tabt krigen. Nazisterne har overtaget New York, Japan kontrollerer Californien og Afrika er udslettet. I en neutral zone i Amerika mellem verdens nye supermagter lever en forfatter. Han har skrevet en hemmelig bestseller om en verden, hvor de allierede har vundet krigen, som indgyder håb i befolkningen om en bedre fremtid. Philip K. Dick beskriver ned i detaljen om en realistisk alternativ fremtid, hvor sandheden konstant udfordres og forandres. "The Man in the High Castle" er filmatiseret af Ridley Scott, og anses som en af litteraturens bedste science-fiction romaner.

A dazzling speculative novel of 'counterfactual history' from one of America's most highly-regarded science fiction authors, Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle includes an introduction by Eric Brown in Penguin Modern Classics. 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? Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago in 1928. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels, typically character studies incorporating androids, drugs, and hallucinations. His best works are generally agreed to be The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , the inspiration for the movie Blade Runner. If you enjoyed The Man in the High Castle , you might like Yevgeny Zamyatin's We , also available in Penguin Classics. '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

A dazzling speculative novel of 'counterfactual history' from one of America's most highly-regarded science fiction authors, Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle includes an introduction by Eric Brown in Penguin Modern Classics. 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? Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82) was born in Chicago in 1928. His career as a science fiction writer comprised an early burst of short stories followed by a stream of novels, typically character studies incorporating androids, drugs, and hallucinations. His best works are generally agreed to be The Man in the High Castle and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? , the inspiration for the movie Blade Runner. If you enjoyed The Man in the High Castle , you might like Yevgeny Zamyatin's We , also available in Penguin Classics. '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

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS 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.

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS 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.

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS 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.

'Dick's best work, and the most memorable alternative world tale...ever written' SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS 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.