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Review title: Meandering, but well worth it
Product review: While I would not consider myself familiar with Philip K. Dick's body of work as a whole, I do claim to have some experience within the alternate history canon, and particularly with World War II.As far as that aspect of the novel is concerned, it is a very enjoyable read. The backstory explaining America's defeat is plausible to a degree not often seen in this subgenre, and if Dick's dystopian America is a little bleak, that is explained as the direct result of American 'can-do.'The constant references to the I Ching were heavy-handed at times, and the plot never really consolidates into a coherent picture, but all in all, this is a fascinating book exploring a very different postwar world.
