In fact, Lin Zixuan has simulated all aspects of writing "The Man in the High Castle" in his mind more than once.

First of all, the plot of the story must be revised, and the wonderful thing about this novel is that it is written in a paradox.

The author created two worlds, one in which the Axis powers, led by Germany and Japan, were victorious, and the other in which the Allies, led by the United States, were victorious.

These two worlds are not the same as the real world in which the author lives, so the world in which the author is located is the third world.

He wrote about two other worlds based on the world in which he lived.

As a result, readers will find many events in the novel "The Man in the High Castle", which are similar to reality, but not exactly the same.

The whole story is full of mysteries.

The novel was published in 1962, and the Second World War was history for readers in 1962, so it was easy for readers to understand the events that unfolded in the book and the consequences of changing them.

They will read the novel as a pastime.

But if it had been published in 1924, no one in this era would have known what would happen in the future, nor would they have understood the impact of the events in the book on the future.

This novel will cause trouble to the world.

Some people will think of it as a pastime novel, while others will use it as a guide to the future.

What Lin wanted to do was to add a hint to the novel that he would focus on the humiliating and undignified lives of Americans living in the colonies under German and Japanese rule.

The Japanese were free to arrest and kill Americans, and dump their bodies in mass graves, not allowed to be buried.

As second-class citizens, Americans can only live by flattering and flattering the Japanese, and they also have to be educated in the Japanese way of life and culture.

And the root cause of all this. It was the Americans who did not enter the war at the very beginning of World War II, but connived at Japanese aggression throughout Asia.

While other countries are falling one by one, the last one to fall is the United States itself.

All this was caused by the isolationism of the United States at that time.

Reading between the lines is also the brutality of Japan and Germany, including the Holocaust and genocidal policies against the Jews.

This episode was meant to remind Jews that during World War II, 6 million Jews were slaughtered by the German army.

If this novel can save some lives, it will do its job.

One more point was directed against the USSR. In the novel, the Soviet Union is destroyed by Germany and a policy of genocide is also implemented.

This has something to do with the fact that the author of "The Man in the High Castle" is an American, and in 1962 it was during the Cold War period when the United States and the Soviet Union were vying for hegemony, and Americans did not have a good impression of the Soviet Union.

One can imagine the scene when the top leaders of the USSR saw this novel.

In World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were the big winners in the end.

Lin Zixuan wrote this novel in order to slightly influence the attitude of these two countries towards Germany and Japan, mainly the United States, and to make Americans aware of the evil consequences of isolationism.

Of course. It's a double-edged sword.

If the leaders of Germany and Japan had seen it, would Germany have launched a blitzkrieg in advance, Japan would have attacked Pearl Harbor in advance, or the two countries would have doubts and thus slow down the pace of the war.

It is also possible that these four countries were suspicious of each other and started the war in advance.

Even these four countries unite to unify the whole world, though. This is very unlikely, and the USSR probably will not agree. This is dictated by ideology.

There is also the possibility that the inertia of history is very strong, and this novel does not work, and what should have happened still happens.

Lin Zixuan couldn't predict the final result, which was why he had been struggling.

Even if he were to write this novel, it would take a lot of preparation. Confidentiality is especially important.

Because the readers he faces are mainly Westerners, he has to write in English, which is a great challenge for Lin Zixuan, who is very scummy in English, and he can only ensure that there are no grammatical errors as much as possible.

As for the literary collection or something. Don't be particular, it's good to be able to tell the story clearly.

To write a novel, he had to buy a typewriter.

In the past, he used a fountain pen to communicate with Virginia Woolf in England and Peterson in the United States, but this time he wrote hundreds of thousands of words of English novels, which was much more convenient on a typewriter.

The writing process will not be fast, and this may be the only English novel he has ever written.

He had his own publishing house and printing house, and he could print it himself after he had finished writing.

In order not to be discovered, he can only secretly typeset and print by himself, which is a bit troublesome, but he is the boss, and these small difficulties can be overcome.

In the process of printing, he could not use paper and ink produced in China, which had to be imported from foreign companies.

Preferably a Japanese product, which is more confusing, and may be perceived by Westerners as having written the novel by a Japanese person, which is a Japanese fantasy.

The real trouble is how to mail it out.

In order for the book to spread, it is necessary to mail the printed manuscript to publishing houses and newspapers in Europe and the United States, and in order to avoid suspicion, Japan and China also have to mail it.

Perhaps some publishers and newspapers casually threw manuscripts in the trash.

But as long as one of these publishers pays attention and publishes a novel, it will have an impact.

Lin Zixuan will write in the manuscript that he does not need any royalties and can publish it at will.

Once the novel has an impact, especially after it has been noticed by high-level officials in various countries, there will definitely be intelligence personnel to investigate the source of the manuscript, and the way to do so is through the mailing address.

Lin Zixuan has learned the lessons of "Snow Country", and this time he has to be seamless.

So, he can't mail the manuscript in Shanghai, or even in China, he has to find an opportunity to leave China, travel around Europe, and then mail the manuscript in a Western country.

In this way, even the intelligence services of various countries cannot find the real author, and he can rest assured.

From writing to mailing the manuscript, he needs to plan carefully and not make any mistakes, which is related to his life and the safety of the entire family.

Finally, what he needs to consider is the time it takes to mail the manuscript.

When he mailed the manuscript to the publisher, the publisher would only think that it was an ordinary science fiction novel, after all, what was written in the novel had not yet happened.

The publisher evaluates and decides to publish, and it takes time.

When the book is released and readers see the novel, they will also think that it is a science fiction novel, written about a bizarre story that happened in 1962, and they will find the author's premise very interesting.

It takes years for a novel to really make an impact, and it won't be taken seriously until the events in the novel happen one by one and are confirmed.

If 1933 is taken as the time node, Lin Zixuan will have to mail the manuscript at least five years ago, that is, before 1928, so that not only five years will allow the novel to be disseminated, but also to erase the traces of his existence.

In this era of no cameras and no satellite surveillance, it is extremely difficult to find out what happened five years ago. (To be continued.) )