Youtube; The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick Audiobook Full

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A pretty good reading of the complete novel
eight hours long

The Man in the High Castle (1962) is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The novel is set in 1962, fifteen years after the end of a fictional longer Second World War (1939–1947). It concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers—Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany—as they rule over the former U.S., as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian Fascist and imperialistic rule.


Reported inspirations for the work include Ward Moore's alternate Civil War history, Bring the Jubilee (1953), various classic World War II histories, and the I Ching (which is referenced in the novel). The novel includes the construction of a novella within the novel that constitutes an alternate history within this alternate history (wherein the Allied Powers defeat the Axis Powers, though in a manner distinct from this actual historical outcome). The Man in the High Castle won a Science Fiction Achievement Award (Hugo Award) in 1963

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1. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick (Audiobook)Youtube

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by US writer Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.

Plot summary[edit]
The story begins in a future world where global temperatures have risen so high that in most of the world it is unsafe to be outside without special cooling gear during daylight hours. In a desperate bid to preserve humanity and ease population burdens on Earth, the UN has initiated a "draft" for colonizing the nearby planets, where conditions are so horrific and primitive that the unwilling colonists have fallen prey to a form of escapism involving the use of an illegal drug (CAN-D) in concert with "layouts." Layouts are physical props intended to simulate a sort of alternate reality where life is easier than either the grim existence of the colonists in their marginal off-world colonies, or even Earth, where global warming has progressed to the point that Antarctica is prime vacation resort territory. The illegal drug CAN-D allows people to "share" their experience of the "Perky Pat" (the name of the main female character in the simulated world) layouts. This "sharing" has caused a pseudo-religious cult or series of cults to grow up around the layouts and the use of the drug.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch

Decent reading of the works.

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2. I'm a big Phillip K. Dick fan, but "The Man in the High Castle" was his worst novel.

He didn't really bother to understand the difference between Japanese and Chinese culture and it shows. Neat idea, poor execution. My favorite by him is "Ubik"

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3. Even though it won a Hugo Award?

Anyway, Since the TV series was running when I posted this, I thought readers of this forum who were watching the series but hadn't read the book would enjoy this.

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4. I did enjoy the tv series. They tried to clean up his misrepresentations of Chinese and Japanese

culture by pointing out (several times) that the Japanese trade minister enjoyed Chinese culture much to the amusement of everyone else.

It won the Hugo Award since it was kind of ground breaking as alternate history.

PS. My favs by him beyond "Ubik" include the short story's, "Something for us Tempunaunts" and "The Electric Ant", as well as the novel. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb."