The Man In The High Castle

The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. Released in 1962, the novel imagines a different world in which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan defeated the United States of American and the Allied forces in World War II. The highly-praised novel was adapted for a television series. This guide uses an eBook version of the 2017 Open Court edition of The Man in the High Castle.

Plot Summary

The Man in the High Castle is set in an alternative world in which the Axis forces won World War II. In this version of reality, Franklin D. Roosevelt was assassinated in 1933 and the United States never truly recovered from the Great Depression. As a result, the United States did not join World War II against the Axis forces of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. Germany conquered most of Europe and defeated the Soviet Union, allowing them to continue the extermination of many different peoples. The Axis powers conquered Africa together, while Imperial Japan took over much of Asia. While Japan invaded the West Coast of the United States, Germany invaded the East Coast. The Allies officially surrendered in 1947 and the United States became an occupied country.