The Man in the High Castle

图书标准信息

• 作者 Philip K. Dick 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books
• 出版时间 2001-09
• ISBN 9780141186672
• 定价 118.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Modern Classics

【内容简介】

Adazzlingspeculativenovelof'counterfactualhistory'fromoneofAmerica'smosthighly-regardedsciencefictionauthors,PhilipK.Dick'sTheManintheHighCastleincludesanintroductionbyEricBrowninPenguinModernClassics.

PhilipK.Dick'sacclaimedcultnovelgivesusahorrifyingglimpseofanalternativeworld-onewheretheAllieshavelosttheSecondWorldWar.InthisnightmaredystopiatheNazishavetakenoverNewYork,theJapanesecontrolCaliforniaandtheAfricancontinentisvirtuallywipedout.InaneutralbufferzoneinAmericathatdividestheworld'snewrivalsuperpowers,livestheauthorofanundergroundbestseller.Hisbookoffersanewvisionofreality-analternativetheoryofworldhistoryinwhichtheAxispowersweredefeated-givinghopetothedisenchanted.Does'reality'liewithhim,orishisworldjustoneamongmanyothers?

【作者简介】

PhilipKindredDickwasborninChicagoin1928.Hiscareerasasciencefictionwritercomprisedanearlyburstofshortstoriesfollowedbyastreamofnovels,typicallycharacterstudiesincorporatingandroids,drugs,andhallucinations.HisbestworksaregenerallyagreedtobeTHEMANINTHEHIGHCASTLEandDOANDROIDSDREAMOFELECTRICSHEEP?,theinspirationforthemovie"BladeRunner".Hediedin1982.