The Man in the High Castle
★★★★★Read Jan 1, 1994
I believe this is one of the first novels that made Dick famous. Alternate present genre - what if Germany and Japan had won the war? For the genre, I thought it was pretty silly: a lot of the development is quite predictable. Dick does write himself into the novel a bit, but he doesn't really run with it in the way that marks his later writing.
Goodreads readers give it 3.58★, from 245,328 ratings. I gave it 2★, −1.6, where I'm usually −0.9: I rated it like most.
Readers call it Science Fiction, Classics, Dystopia, Alternate History, Historical Fiction, Fantasy.
Won Hugo Award 1963, Tähtivaeltaja Award 1993.