Questions tagged [the-man-in-the-high-castle]

For questions about The Man in the High Castle, an alternative history novel by Philip K. Dick published in 1962. Also for questions about the Amazon TV series, based on the book, which premiered in 2015.

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What is the meaning of the ending of "The Man in the High Castle"?

The end of The Man in the High Castle consists of: Julianna Frink visiting Hawthorne Abendsen and asking the Oracle why it wrote The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, the novel-within-a-novel that suggests, contrary to Dick's story, that Germany and Japan…
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Why aren't Japanese war crimes a part of The Man in the High Castle?

In The Man in the High Castle, we see or hear about the Holocaust and the enslavement of Africa, and both the Gestapo/SS/SD/etc and the Kempeitai torture and murder prisoners, but Japanese war crimes aren't part of the story at all. For example, in…
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Does Mount Rushmore look the same as in our timeline?

In the timeline of "The Man in the High Castle" does Mount Rushmore look the same as in our timeline?
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Are there any differences between the first episode of The Man in the High Castle released in January 2015 and the one released in October 2015?

The pilot episode of Amazon's The Man in the High Castle was originally released on 15 January 2015 on their Prime web video streaming service as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015. Due to its success, Amazon announced on February 18…
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How can Tagomi travel to the alternate reality in which the Allies won World War II?

In the last episode of season 3 of The Man in the High Castle we are told that individuals can only travel to an alternate reality if their alternate self had already died in the alternate reality. This explanation is given for why only one out…
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