I need not be. The pilot for the series that has just been green-lit by Amazon for a full season, is faithful to both the plot and feel of the novel. It tells the story of a 1962 America occupied by the victorious Axis. The Japanese Empire has the west coast under its thumb and Nazi Germany occupies the east coast to the Mississippi, with a neutral buffer state in between.
And that’s all I’m going to say. I am pleased that Amazon is going ahead with this series, which promises to be some of the most literate television to come down the pike in a long time. And I suspect, that somewhere out there in the multiverse, Philip K. Dick is pleased, as well.
Meanwhile, I am continuing to read The Long War, by Terry Prachett and Stephen Baxter. I am thoroughly enjoying the sequel to The Long Earth and will review it next month.
In the meantime, have a look at my own books, Elvis Saves JFK! for just 99 cents and War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History, for $2.99 and now The Key to My Heart, also $2.99 (all are free to preview). All books -- which are already on Smashword's premium distribution list -- are also available through such fine on-line retailers such as Sony, Chapters Indigo, Barnes & Noble and Apple's iTunes Store. Thanks.