Philip K. Dick wanted to be a mainstream literary novelist. He bombed, and disappointment dogged him till his death. Bad for him, but good for us—because he went on to become one of the most important 20th century authors of speculative fiction. Here’s a look at his breakout book, The Man in the High Castle, for which he won the highest literary honor in sci-fi, the Hugo, the very same year his agent sent back all his unsold mainstream novels.