Questions tagged [the-man-in-the-high-castle]
For questions about The Man in the High Castle, an alternative history novel by Philip K. Dick published in 1962. Also for questions about the Amazon TV series, based on the book, which premiered in 2015.
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Has there ever been a film treatment - tv or movie - of Man in the High Castle?
There's been quite a number of film treatment of SF novels by Phillip K Dick and they have all, at least to my impression, been wildly successful from Blade-Runner based on his Do Androids Dream of ...
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How can Tagomi travel to the alternate reality in which the Allies won World War II?
In the last episode of season 3 of The Man in the High Castle we are told that individuals can only travel to an alternate reality if
This explanation is given for why
This explanation does seem to ...
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Why are there unclaimed parts of the world in "The Man in the High Castle"?
The TV series The Man in the High Castle depicts an alternate reality where the Axis won World War II.
In the show, a World Map is shown in some episodes, here is an example:
The red areas are the ...
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Why aren't Japanese war crimes a part of The Man in the High Castle?
In The Man in the High Castle, we see or hear about the Holocaust and the enslavement of Africa, and both the Gestapo/SS/SD/etc and the Kempeitai torture and murder prisoners, but Japanese war crimes ...
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What does Mr. Tagomi's assistant say when he opens the door?
In Amazon's The Man in the High Castle, whenever Kotomichi comes into Mr. Tagomi's office, he says something just before he opens the door. It sounds sort of like "Christmas" to me, but presumably it'...
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Does Mount Rushmore look the same as in our timeline?
In the timeline of "The Man in the High Castle" does Mount Rushmore look the same as in our timeline?
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Is the alternate universe in The Man In The High Castle our universe?
In The Man In The High Castle show, Tagomi is able to travel to an alternate universe where the Axis did not win WWII and the world looks much more similar to our real history.
But is the alternate ...
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How did the Yakuza know the identity of the shooter?
In the TV series The Man in the High Castle, episode "Kindness" (S1E09), Inspector Kido is asked by Taishi Okamura (of the Yakuza) to meet to discuss something. In this meeting, it is revealed that ...
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What does Oberst-Gruppenführer Heydrich's armband say?
I could make out that Obergruppenführer Smith's armband said something like "New York Corps" but I can't make out what Oberst-Gruppenführer Heydrich's armband says, maybe it's in German?
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How did Obergruppenführer Smith join WWII?
In episode 6 of the TV adaption of The Man In The High Castle, Obergruppenführer Smith and Rudolph Wegener talk about the time they fought in war, implying even Nazi war crimes. However, John Smith is ...
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Was the son of Obergruppenführer Smith killed?
In episode 8 of the TV adaption of The Man In The High Castle, Obergruppenführer Smith is informed that his son has something the doctor refers to as "Landouzy-Dejurine syndrome."
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Are there any differences between the first episode of The Man in the High Castle released in January 2015 and the one released in October 2015?
The pilot episode of Amazon's The Man in the High Castle was originally released on 15 January 2015 on their Prime web video streaming service as part of the company’s first pilot season of 2015.
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Will there be more of "The man in the high castle"?
Just finished watching Amazon's version of Philip K Dick's novel The Man in the High Castle.
Do the TV series and the Book currently end in the same way?
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What is the meaning of the ending of "The Man in the High Castle"?
The end of The Man in the High Castle consists of:
Understanding all that (and I'm assuming I'm interpreting it correctly), what did Dick want the reader to get out of this? What's he saying? My ...
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