 If you read only one Philip K. Dick novel, this should be it. This one's different. It involves an alternate history, a 1962 America, in which Germany and Japan were victorious in World War II and have divided the U.S. into territories. There is a popular book circulating secretly among the citizenry, which tells the story of yet another alternate universe where the United States and the Allies defeated the Axis, and everyone who reads the book is deeply affected by it. Philip K. Dick wrote a lot of novels and hundreds of short stories, and all of them, they tend to be brief and sketchy. They're not about world building or about characters. They usually have some social message to the liver, and they're often really just jokes. They're satire. This book is different. The world he has created here is very believable. The characters who inhabit it are equally believable. The one thing that is typical of Philip K. Dick is the end, which leaves you wondering, what did I just witness? Was it supposed to be real? I recommend this book very highly. And like I've said before, I also recommend the television series, which of course has taken liberties with the adaptation, but unlike every adaptation of Philip K. Dick's work, it has kept the tone and the spirit intact. You can support 30 Second Sci-Fi and my other projects by becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below. And visit the 30 Second Sci-Fi Tumblr. That's my headquarters. In addition to my videos, I publish links and updates there every day.