A review by robertrivasplata
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

5.0

The key to success in any Sci-Fi or fantasy story is always emotional. It doesn't matter if the setting or the rules of the story is plausible or not from a scientific perspective; the reader has to be in the emotional world that the writer creates. The same goes for alternate history stories. It doesn't matter how plausible the historical scenario is that is described in the story, the world that the characters are inhabiting emotionally must be real. Man in the High Castle succeeded in this way for me. I also liked the depictions of the dynamics of San Francisco society between the conquerors and the conquered.