The Man in the High Castle belongs to the genre of Alternative History—distinctive from, but often thought of as related to, science fiction. The Man in the High Castle contains some elements of speculative fiction in that it invents futuristic technologies, but it is set at roughly the same time as its publication. Dick won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Man in the High Castle, though he still struggled to gain the attention of major publishers during his lifetime. Other notable works of alternative fiction include Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore (an alternate history in which the Confederate States win the American Civil War) and Fatherland, by Robert Harris (also a WWII...
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