A vivid alternative story from Philip K. Dick "History does not tolerate the subjunctive mood." I still remember this quote from Carl Hampe from my childhood, which my grandfather told me when we discussed possible variations in the development of human history. The thought is important and absolutely cruel in its rightness. It's cruel in the sense that you never know what might have happened if events had followed a different scenario. And only science fiction writers can give us another reality by creating their beautiful works on paper. One of them was the work of Philip K. Dick "The Man in the High Castle". The author has created a surprisingly realistic and very logical world from the point of view of development, in which events unfolded radically differently than in our real world. Nazi Germany, along with Japan and Italy, are gaining the upper hand in World War II. The USSR has fallen, Europe has been trampled. The world is under the influence of dictators. The war ended a couple of decades ago. The new world looks completely different from what we are used to. But Dick describes it so realistically that you really believe that this would have been the case if it hadn't been for the victors we know today in that terrible war. Philip K. Dick masterfully intertwines several storylines at once, filling his reality with living characters. Each of the main characters lives in his own way in the already familiar world of the rule of the Third Reich. We can see how they have adapted to life in the new states that have appeared on the familiar world map. Exploring an alternative world map is an entertaining experience when you imagine how much the familiar world can change because of other winners. This may be fiction and the author's vision, but it is very interesting. Twenty years have passed since the triumphant victory. A new generation has grown up, the soldiers of that time are no longer the same. But Germany, with its Nazi ideology of superiority over everyone, looks quite predictable and realistic in this work. There are strained relations between the allies: Germany and Japan. The former want to continue their course towards dominating the planet, using brutal methods of struggle in their western possessions, which include the east coast of the United States, which is familiar to us. Japan, on the contrary, uses a spiritual approach, defending its eastern possessions on the west coast of modern States. In general, the book contains many different references and stories about what happened to the world. And it's better to read about them yourself than to learn from the reviews of the work. I just want to say that this Wild world is radically different from our real one. But it is very well written, not taken from the ceiling, but quite logical from the author's point of view. "The Man in the High Castle" has become one of the most prominent representatives of alternative history. The created work is distinguished by its realism, it is inhabited by a variety of characters who are interesting to study in their own way. The work is quite difficult to perceive, most of it depressing, but undoubtedly interesting. The author devotes a lot of time and pages to the reflections of the characters. They are deep and sometimes difficult to perceive. But they form the canvas of the work, being an integral part of creating a common image of the represented world. This work will definitely appeal to those who like to imagine a completely different world, a world with different laws and concepts, with a different way of thinking of people. And such fiction will always remain a classic with a capital letter. 8 out of 10