One of my favourite books when I was a teenager was Phillip K. Dick's
The Man in the High Castle. More than the story itself I was fascinated by the alt-history timeline and the word dominated by the victorious Axis powers. I haven't read it in years and was surprised yesterday to evening to see that
Amazon have produced a pilot episode of a series based on the book and that it can be seen on
Prime Instant Video.
Produced by Ridley Scott and written by Frank Spotniz it is a really enjoyable hour of television and I hope that
Amazon pick it up for a series. The visuals are great, and the background full of hints of a fascinating layered alt-history/SF storyline. If you get the chance to watch it, do so, then go and tell
Amazon to hurry up and commission a full season!
Thanks for the tip I will look it up.
ReplyDeleteMust confess that even though I am a big fan of Philip K Dick I would say it was my favourite of his work.
Cheers,
Pete.
This sounds interesting; it's been on my 'to read' list for ages, too!
ReplyDeleteI spotted this earlier today when flicking through Prime. I must get around to watching it...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads-up.
ReplyDeleteTony