That's one of the reasons I like The Man in the High Castle. The understated details. Any fool can write about a Nazi America (and sadly, many have).
And the idea of Japanese tourists buying American kitsch that appeals to their own aesthetic -- well, I don't think SF's role is predictive, but that was DEAD ON. (When PKD wrote TMitHC, the Japanese had only been allowed to leave the Home Islands for eight years or so; I forget when the ban on foreign travel was lifted. '53? '55?)
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Date: 2005-04-21 05:22 pm (UTC)And the idea of Japanese tourists buying American kitsch that appeals to their own aesthetic -- well, I don't think SF's role is predictive, but that was DEAD ON. (When PKD wrote TMitHC, the Japanese had only been allowed to leave the Home Islands for eight years or so; I forget when the ban on foreign travel was lifted. '53? '55?)
Didn't PKD run his own record shop for a while?