The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle is Philip K. Dick's alternate-history novel, first published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York in October 1962. It imagines a 1962 America split between Nazi Germany and Japan after an Axis victory in the Second World War, and it won the 1963 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962
- First published
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1962
The first edition of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick was published in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1962. We track 2 editions.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Awards and honours
Adaptations
- The Man in the High Castle television series
Setting and characters
- Set in
- San Francisco, California, Berlin
- Genre
- postmodern fiction, science fiction, alternate history, dystopian fiction
In print
- Editions recorded
- 84 on Open Library, 33 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 39 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Man in the High Castle?
The first edition of The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick was published in New York by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1962.
How many editions of The Man in the High Castle are there?
We track 2 editions of The Man in the High Castle, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Did The Man in the High Castle win any awards?
Yes: The Man in the High Castle won the Tähtivaeltaja Award, the 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction, the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1963), according to Wikidata.
Has The Man in the High Castle been adapted?
Yes, including The Man in the High Castle (television series), according to Wikidata.
Where these facts come from
- The Man in the High Castle, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Man in the High Castle (Q749783), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- The Man in the High Castle, Bauman Rare Books (baumanrarebooks.com)
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