The Man in the High Castle Resources

For an excellent overview, check out the article on PKD in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

The excellent site Uchronia is dedicated to alternate histories. Check out their entry for The Man in the High Castle. And browse around for other alternate histories. Definitely check out their introduction to alternate histories if you want to know more about this genre.

We don't totally trust the timeline that this person has worked out, but it might be helpful to visualize the different plots.

TV Tropes does its usual excellent job for a page on alternate histories, including a nice list/explanation of several examples.

But if you've got other questions to ask about your future, maybe you should try this online I Ching. (No guarantees.)

It's currently "in development." Originally it was a BBC adaptation, but has since moved to SyFy 

This article from The Guardian focuses on the small-scale drama and the humanity of the characters, which is just what we like.

But if you wondered if that "focus on humanity" also could be found in his other work, check out this.

Even the New York Times thinks Dick is important enough to get an overview.

Getting back to The Man in the High Castle, the New Statesman is interested in the philosophy in his novels.

And what is the philosophy of this book? This long article takes a look at the ending and comes up with the answer: "keep on trucking." (That's actually pretty close to our reading.)

If you want even more interviews, check out this collection. A special entry here is the transcript of the audio interview from Hour 25.

An excellent little summary from a big fan, ending on the note that Dick cares about empathy.

This is a long, but interesting, documentary on PKD from 1994.

This collection is full of interesting audio and video about PKD. Especially check out the "Work in Progress" where PKD discusses a potential sequel.

NPR gathers a panel for a discussion of PKD and the movie adaptations of his work.

Celebrated author Jonathan Lethem discusses PKD and the Library of America collection that reprinted him.

This mostly focuses on the short stories, but this podcast delves into the philosophical issues that are all over Dick's work.

Actor Michael Sheen and others discuss Dick's themes and work.

Here's PKD from around the 1960s.

And here's older, wiser PKD.

This nicely captures the Nazi-Imperial Japan split in the US (with no love for the Rocky Mountain States).

Arty, but this gets the point across.

This is a little subtle, unless you notice the Statue of Liberty's "Nazi Heil" hand gesture.

The LOA's prestigious collection's serious (bland) cover.