Comments on: Man in the High Castle (the book vs the show) https://habitablezone.com/2016/03/31/man-in-the-high-castle-the-book-vs-the-show/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2016/03/31/man-in-the-high-castle-the-book-vs-the-show/#comment-36132 Robert Sat, 02 Apr 2016 01:48:16 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=56697#comment-36132 Thanks. I'll post a book report when I read it. Thanks. I’ll post a book report when I read it.

]]> By: SDG https://habitablezone.com/2016/03/31/man-in-the-high-castle-the-book-vs-the-show/#comment-36127 SDG Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:54:36 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=56697#comment-36127 I'll let you be the judge of general slogginess. My experience is that most books written in that era, Asimov excepted, are pretty tough to get through. Still I'd be interested in hearing your report whenever you get to it. After rereading what I wrote, I see I didn't say a single nice thing about the book. On reflection there were a couple of places in the book, that I did benefit from. Togami, who I really like in the show got more time in the book, and in fact got into a shootout with some nazis. After the shootout, he had to internally reconcile his taking a life (in self defense) with his religious belief. There was also a bit more in there with Childan getting manipulated by both Japanese and Frank which was interesting and not part of the show. In the show you could see his arrogance and greed at work, in the book he was just as pathetic, but there were other people who played a role in it. Definitely worth reading for its own sake, but its still not going on the required reading list. I’ll let you be the judge of general slogginess. My experience is that most books written in that era, Asimov excepted, are pretty tough to get through.

Still I’d be interested in hearing your report whenever you get to it.

After rereading what I wrote, I see I didn’t say a single nice thing about the book. On reflection there were a couple of places in the book, that I did benefit from. Togami, who I really like in the show got more time in the book, and in fact got into a shootout with some nazis. After the shootout, he had to internally reconcile his taking a life (in self defense) with his religious belief.

There was also a bit more in there with Childan getting manipulated by both Japanese and Frank which was interesting and not part of the show. In the show you could see his arrogance and greed at work, in the book he was just as pathetic, but there were other people who played a role in it.

Definitely worth reading for its own sake, but its still not going on the required reading list.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2016/03/31/man-in-the-high-castle-the-book-vs-the-show/#comment-36124 Robert Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:55:21 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=56697#comment-36124 The book's been sitting in my Kindle for a couple of months now, waiting for me to get around to it. It's been decades since I read it, so I was--like you--hoping rereading it would add depth to Amazon's interpretation. Guess not. I'll still read it, though, but now I'm expecting a slog. Thanks, <strike>Obama</strike>Steve! The book’s been sitting in my Kindle for a couple of months now, waiting for me to get around to it. It’s been decades since I read it, so I was–like you–hoping rereading it would add depth to Amazon’s interpretation.

Guess not. I’ll still read it, though, but now I’m expecting a slog.

Thanks, ObamaSteve!

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