From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!arlan Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Dick's Best Book Article-I.D.: inuxd.261 Posted: Tue Feb 22 22:56:26 1983 Received: Wed Feb 23 05:45:38 1983 In my opinion, THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE was Philip Dick's best book. It has an interesting genesis: Dick used the I Ching to help plot the story. The story involves an SF writer writing a story about an alternate ending to WW II, and he uses the I Ching. When the story develops, it turns out that the parallel world--in which German and Japan LOST WWII--is NOT our world, but another. I Ching, YouChing, We all Ching for Ching... . --(not to carry my Spanish too far...) --arlan andrews/american bell /indy