<Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813.54 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Man in the High Castle (1962) is an alternative history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick . Set in 1962, fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, the novel concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers--primarily, Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany--as they rule over the former United States, as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian rule . The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963 . Beginning in 2015, the book was adapted as a multi-season TV series, with his daughter, Isa Dick Hackett, serving as one of the shows producers . </P> <P> Reported inspirations include Ward Moore's alternative Civil War history, Bring the Jubilee (1953), various classic World War II histories, and the I Ching (referred to in the novel). The novel features a "novel within the novel" comprising an alternative history within this alternative history wherein the Allies defeat the Axis (though in a manner distinct from the actual historical outcome). </P> <P> Briefly, The Man in the High Castle is a "fictional picture of a world divided by Germany and Japan, victors of the second World War". </P>

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