The Man in the High Castle

图书标准信息

• 作者 Philip K. Dick 著
• 出版社 Mariner Books
• 出版时间 2012-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780547572482
• 定价 118.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

“ThesinglemostresonantandcarefullyimaginedbookofDick’scareer.”–NewYorkTimesIt'sAmericain1962.Slaveryislegalonceagain.ThefewJewswhostillsurvivehideunderassumednames.InSanFrancisco,theIChingisascommonastheYellowPages.AllbecausesometwentyyearsearliertheUnitedStateslostawar—andisnowoccupiedbyNaziGermanyandJapan.Thisharrowing,HugoAward-winningnovelistheworkthatestablishedPhilipK.Dickasaninnovatorinsciencefictionwhilebreakingthebarrierbetweensciencefictionandtheseriousnovelofideas.InitDickoffersahauntingvisionofhistoryasanightmarefromwhichitmayjustbepossibletowake.WinneroftheHugoAwardIt'sAmericain1962--whereslaveryislegalandthefewsurvivingJewshideanxiouslyunderassumednames.AllbecausesometwentyyearsearlierAmericalostawar--andisnowoccupiedjointlybyNaziGermanyandJapan.Thisharrowing,HugoAward-winningnovelsetinaparalleluniverseistheworkthatestablishedDickasalegendarysciencefictionauthor.

【作者简介】

Overawritingcareerthatspannedthreedecades,PhilipK.Dick(1928-1982)published36sciencefictionnovelsand121shortstoriesinwhichheexploredtheessenceofwhatmakesmanhumanandthedangersofcentralizedpower.Towardtheendofhislife,hisworkturnedtowarddeeplypersonal,metaphysicalquestionsconcerningthenatureofGod.Elevennovelsandshortstorieshavebeenadaptedtofilm;notably:BladeRunner(basedonDoAndroidsDreamofElectricSheep?),TotalRecall,MinorityReport,andAScannerDarkly.Therecipientofcriticalacclaimandnumerousawardsthroughouthiscareer,DickwasinductedintotheSFHallofFamein2005,andin2007theLibraryofAmericapublishedaselectionofhisnovelsinthreevolumes.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedinto?morethantwenty-five?languages.