Человек в высоком замке

           Yes,thenovelistknowshumanity,howworthlesstheyare,ruledbytheirtesticles,swayedbycowardice,sellingouteverycausebecauseoftheirgreed—allhe’sgottodoisthumponthedrum,andthere’shisresponse.Andhelaughing,ofcourse,behindhishandattheeffecthegets.

           Lookhowheplayedonmysentiments,HerrReissreflected,notonmyintellect;andnaturallyhe’sgoingtogetpaidforit—themoney’sthere.ObviouslysomebodyputtheHundsfottuptoit,instructedhimwhattowrite.They’llwriteanythingiftheyknowthey’llgetpaid.Tellanybunchoflies,andthenthepublicactuallytakesthesmellybrewseriouslywhenitsdishedout.Wherewasthispublished?HerrReissinspectedthecopyofthebook.Omaha,Nebraska.LastoutpostoftheformerplutocraticU.S.publishingindustry,oncelocatedindowntownNewYorkandsupportedbyJewishandCommunistgold.

           MaybethisAbendsenisaJew.

           They’restillatit,tryingtopoisonus.ThisjüdischesBuch–HeslammedthecoversoftheGrasshopperviolentlytogether.ActualnameprobablyAbendstein.NodoubttheSDhaslookedintoitbynow.

           Beyonddoubt,weoughttosendsomebodyacrossintotheRMStopayHerrAbendsteinavisit.IwonderifKreuzvomMeerehasgotteninstructionstothateffect.Probablyhasn’t,withalltheconfusioninBerlin.Everybodytoobusywithdomesticmatters.

           Butthisbook,Reissthought,isdangerous.

           IfAbendsteinshouldbefounddanglingfromtheceilingsomefinemorning,itwouldbeasoberingnoticetoanyonewhomightbeinfluencedbythisbook.