The Man in the High Castle: Creating the Alt World Hardcover – November 26, 2019

If you are a fan of "The Man in the High Castle" this is simply a must have for your collection. Simple as that. Fans were left wanting more after four seasons, and Mike Avila delivered. My jaw literally dropped open when I looked inside. The sheer amount of material, attention to detail, photos, descriptions -- everything is laid out systematically from the Japanese Pacific States, through the Neutral Zone and on in to the Greater Nazi Reich. He doesn't leave out even the smallest detail or character from set and production design to conceptual art, location information, costumes and more. This is something to treasure or to gift to that High Castle fan in your life. I wish I could give this ten stars. Exceptional book in every way. Bravo, Mike Avila, Bravo.

If you are a fan of the Amazon Prime series The Man in the High Castle, then this book is a must have. It has plenty of great bts photos and interviews with the cast and crew that provide wonderful insight into the making of High Castle. It was just the book I was hoping it would be.

I really enjoyed the show when it streamed and felt the production designers had done a great job creating the 'alt-worlds' so this book was an enjoyable memento.However, like many reviewers, I'm puzzled by the decision to expunge the swastika imagery from every photograph after they had featured throughout the TV show. I feel like this detracted from the achievements of the show's Art Department.I'm glad i waited until the price had dropped to around 25 dollars as I think this was a more realistic price for this book!

Purchased for my grandson. He said that he'd enjoyed it and was worth reading.

Interesting back story on the production of the series and contains spoilers. However doesn’t always appear accurate and missed a few important details. Would have also liked an episode synopsis at the end. It is unfortunate that all of the swastikas were removed/censored from the pictures - I can understand why in terms of offensive imagery (and prohibitions in some locations regarding their display) BUT this imagery is really quite shocking and drives the dystopian point home. The censoring removes the visceral reaction one would ordinarily have when seeing a giant swastika displayed in Times Square or draped across the Statue of Liberty, or seeing the Liberty Bell being melted down to be forged into a swastika. The publisher missed an opportunity to show this, explain it, and teach the reader about hateful symbols rather than hiding them.

A truly wonderful book for a mesmerizing show. The art is fantastic, and the detail is amazing. The pictures of the cast and crew is crisp and lively.

THERE'S A THIRD TIMELINE AND WE'RE STUCK IN IT!!!! We used to be in the one where the allies won, but now we're in a different one. The allies still won, but the Yazees escaped to the US and made allies with Russia and the KKK and we don't know how we got here but please help SAVE US!!!!

What a disappointment. I notice that the Amazon ‘diktat’ (destroying all imagery/props having a swastika) appears to be evident in the photographic illustration the book. I noted on page 93 a shot of Hawthorne sitting for his propaganda shot ~ filming his Twilight Zone type thing about High Castle ~ wearing an armband that’s sans the swastika (just a blue circle) Then I went back to the first pages of the book I note there’s imagery of the Statue of Liberty wearing a simple red sash (no swastika) and the tall building in the background having a hanging red ‘banner’ again, sans the swastika that was a prime image in the series. A cursory page turning quickly through the book ~ Times Square imagery (page 122) has a red banner sans the swastika, SS HQs imagery has the same red banner outside the building sans swastika, pages 126, 127, 129 all showing ‘American nazis' with armbands having blue/black circles where the white & swastikas should be and all awards (which gave this series interesting historical 'detail') edited to remove the details. It reminds me of Stalin era edited photos where Stalin's enemies are edited out of historical photos to advance the propaganda.This is pitched as featuring "concept art" and "final designs" but is, in fact, a censored, politically correct, sanatized piece of self-aggrandizing puff-piece. I shouldn't have wasted the money.