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The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

Start date: September 1, 2015

Finish date: September 30, 2015

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August 2016 Read 1 (Warrior Women): Company Town
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last updated Aug 27, 2016 05:15AM

August 2016 Read 2 (Warrior Women): The Girl with Ghost Eyes
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Jan 23, 2012 Lamora rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi

"I see you're reading The Grasshopper Lies Heavy ," he said. "I hear it on many lips, but pressure of business prevents my own attention." Rising, he went to pick it up, carefully consulting their expressions; they seemed to acknowledge this gesture of sociality, and so he proceeded. "A mystery? Excuse my abysmal ignorance." He turned the pages.
"Not a mystery," Paul said. "On contrary, interesting form of fiction possibly within genre of science fiction."
"Oh no," Betty disagreed. "No science in ...more

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Jun 19, 2016 Tani rated it it was ok

Shelves: sff-2016, male-author, sff-award-2016, scifi, 2016-novels

I listened to this as an audiobook. Full disclosure, audiobooks are tough for me. I don't particularly like being read to, but I commute about an hour a day, so it's a good way for me to squeeze in some more books into my day. I thought this might be a particularly easy book for me to listen to. The other Philip K. Dick books that I've read have been heavy on the satire, and sometimes that works better for me when I listen to it, rather than read it. Also, it's a pretty short book, so I thought ...more

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May 03, 2017 Karen rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: abandoned

I've heard the show is fantastic and I plan to watch it but trying to read this is akin to watching paint dry. I give up. ...more

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May 16, 2009 Robin rated it really liked it

This was a reread, inspired by the amazon series. I hate to say it, but the show is better. The view of the American Reich greatly improved the story.

But this is a good book, though a painful one. I grew up with people who talked the way that Joe did, and who saw Asians as that shopkeeper guy did. The slaves really made me uncomfortable. It took a lot of nerve to publish this, I imagine.

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Sep 17, 2014 Brenda rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction

I found this book to be more suited to readers with a more avid love of history and World War II than I possess. It is written with precision and care, but just not quite my cup of tea.

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