Don't Forget to Read a Book!

Hello, Stranger. Let's talk about Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle. The Short of It Plot:  Turns out it'd be bad if the Axis had won. Page Count:  249 Award:  1963 Hugo Worth a read : No, but it hurts to say it Primary Driver:  (Plot,  World , or Character) Bechdel Test : Fail Technobabble:  Minimal Review:  I wanted to like this more. Some details are excellent, like people constantly consulting the Tao Te Ching. But the MacGuffin of an in-universe alternate history book seems self-serving, and the actual alt history is not that interesting. The big twist is also a surprise to characters in-universe, but not to us as readers, which has it fall a bit flat. The Medium of It Spoiler Free! I went into this book with high expectations; I am a big fan of both Philip K. Dick and alternate history. Perhaps if my expectations were lower I would have enjoyed the book more. Characters here are both abundant and uninteresting; they each bring little or...