Philip Dick's The Man in the High Castle is set in 1962 in an alternate Earth where the Allies lost World War II. The United States has been divided between Germany and Japan. Africa has been devastated by the Nazis, and Russia is apparently primitive and remote. Most of the story occurs in Japanese controlled San Francisco.
While the world building was excellent, none of the characters captured my interest. The various events seemed random and disconnected, and the plot seemed to amble with no apparent direction. The alternate book being read by various characters which postulated how the world would be different if the war had been won by the Allies held potential, but it was never really developed. The ending was simply strange and unsatisfying. 1 star.
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