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what is the difference in emphasis between the terms science fiction and speculative fiction? Which is The Man in the High Castle?
The science fiction put the emphasis on the word “science”, and in the fiction, all the thing can be the thing not in the world. Like in twenty kilometres under the sea, all the thing the writer writes are not the thing in that time, some of the new weapon even is made in the 21st century.

The speculative fiction of course put all the points on the word “speculative”. So this kind of fiction can happened in any time and any person. The thing described in the fiction must connect with the polity or social, and change a little thing which is very sensitive in that time.

The most different thing between science fiction and speculative fiction is the thing in the fiction is also in the real life or not. In the science fiction, the thing which is used by people can not find in real life, but in speculative fiction, it can be found.

The Man in the High Castle is just a good speculative fiction. In this fiction, something happened like the history, and something changed the main idea. The thing in this fiction is also the real thing in that time.