Lockdown Musings: The man in the High Castle
Pop culture Element: Book/Tv show Name: The Man in the High Castle Author; Philip K dick \ I started reading this book after watching the first season of the show in the Amazon Prime. I was definitely a big fan of Philip K dick as I had finished his collection of sci-fi short stories and the book "Do Androids Dream of electric sheep".I realized that the show is definitely loosely based on the book and hence wanted to read the book before watching more. The alternate reality presented in the book where the USA has lost WWII is very believable. There is a book in the plot read by the main characters that speak of a world where the USA won the world war called "The grasshopper lies heavy".This was quite intriguing for me as it is too much to wrap your head around. But the whole similarity between the show and the book ends here I guess although characters of Juliana, Joe, Tagomi all exist. What didn't work for me in the book is the weak cha