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Friday, 16 January 2015

The Grasshopper Lies Heavy...

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!


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4 comments:

  1. Pete.16 January 2015 at 23:48

    Thanks for the tip I will look it up.

    Must 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.

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  2. Monty17 January 2015 at 09:23

    This sounds interesting; it's been on my 'to read' list for ages, too!

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  3. Endtransmission17 January 2015 at 11:20

    I spotted this earlier today when flicking through Prime. I must get around to watching it...

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  4. Tony17 January 2015 at 16:39

    Thanks for the heads-up.

    Tony

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