Comments on: High Castle II: Philip K. Dick’s War http://www.historynet.com/high-castle-ii-philip-k-dick%e2%80%99s-war.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chico http://www.historynet.com/high-castle-ii-philip-k-dick%e2%80%99s-war.htm#comment-755629 Chico Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:04:56 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684179#comment-755629 Glad to help. Here's a quote and the interview it comes from: "I started with nothing but the name, Mister Tagomi, written on a scrap of paper, no other notes. I had been reading a lot of Oriental philosophy, reading a lot of Zen Buddhism, reading the I Ching. That was the Marin County zeitgeist, at that point; Zen Buddhism and the I Ching. I just started right out and kept on trucking. When it came to close down the novel, the I Ching had no more to say. So, there's no real ending on it. I like to regard it as an open ending." A Talk with Philip K. Dick, KPFK-FM, June 26, 1969 http://web.archive.org/web/20080506012147/http://www.philipkdickfans.com/frank/hour25.htm Glad to help. Here's a quote and the interview it comes from: "I started with nothing but the name, Mister Tagomi, written on a scrap of paper, no other notes. I had been reading a lot of Oriental philosophy, reading a lot of Zen Buddhism, reading the I Ching. That was the Marin County zeitgeist, at that point; Zen Buddhism and the I Ching. I just started right out and kept on trucking. When it came to close down the novel, the I Ching had no more to say. So, there's no real ending on it. I like to regard it as an open ending."

A Talk with Philip K. Dick, KPFK-FM, June 26, 1969
http://web.archive.org/web/20080506012147/http://www.philipkdickfans.com/frank/hour25.htm

]]> By: Rob Citino http://www.historynet.com/high-castle-ii-philip-k-dick%e2%80%99s-war.htm#comment-736827 Rob Citino Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:26:21 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684179#comment-736827 Thanks, Chico! I don't know Moore's book, but I'll look it up. Yes... the I Ching angle does amazing things to the plot. --RC Thanks, Chico! I don't know Moore's book, but I'll look it up. Yes… the I Ching angle does amazing things to the plot. –RC

]]> By: Chico http://www.historynet.com/high-castle-ii-philip-k-dick%e2%80%99s-war.htm#comment-736463 Chico Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:47:28 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13684179#comment-736463 Dick actually used the I. Ching as he plotted out the novel. Knowing that, when you read it -- or after you read it -- you understand the odd, right-angle turns in a different light. By the way, worth mentioning that Mr. Dick was influenced by Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee, a more traditional alternate history novel. Also a great read. I think you can pull it up online. Dick actually used the I. Ching as he plotted out the novel. Knowing that, when you read it — or after you read it — you understand the odd, right-angle turns in a different light. By the way, worth mentioning that Mr. Dick was influenced by Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee, a more traditional alternate history novel. Also a great read. I think you can pull it up online.

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