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yellowdogintexas

(23,154 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:50 PM Dec 2024

I just spent the last 4 days binge watching The Man From the High Castle

It is a gripping story and actually somewhat timely. I got a very good insight into what makes an entire nation turn into what Nazi Germany became. Several times I hear a phrase that could be pertinent right now

It's a revisionist history of WW II in which the Allies have lost. The Nazis have North America up to the foot hills of the Rockies, and the Japanese have everything west of the Rockies. The mountain region itself is the Neutral Zone. The plot is very layered and can be confusing but I suggest you stick with it. I may have to sacrifice another weekend in a year or so and rewatch it.

The original book was written by Phillip K Dick a science fiction author. The science fiction sort of creeps into the story as it progresses.

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I just spent the last 4 days binge watching The Man From the High Castle (Original Post) yellowdogintexas Dec 2024 OP
The Man in the High Castle. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2024 #1
excellent show NoRethugFriends Dec 2024 #2
Where can one watch it? bif Dec 2024 #3
Amazon bluedigger Dec 2024 #4
The premise is bullshit. Don'tja see? 3Hotdogs Dec 2024 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(27,651 posts)
1. The Man in the High Castle.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:04 PM
Dec 2024

Many years ago my science fiction book club did that book. It's a decent enough book, but one person, who was Japanese American was furious at how he didn't really bother to distinguish Japanese people from Chinese people.

Iceberg, Goldberg, what's the difference?

3Hotdogs

(14,046 posts)
5. The premise is bullshit. Don'tja see?
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 12:58 AM
Dec 2024

We have a well regulated militia to defend us against no commie bastids.

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