He-Man and the Masters of the Universe powers to defend Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor. Skeletor's main goal is to conquer the mysterious fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers. If successful, Skeletor would have enough power to rule all of Eternia and possibly the entire universe. The Mattel company released the original He-Man action figure in 1982; the franchise backstory was developed by the Filmation animation studio. On 1 December 1982, Michael Halperin wrote a "series bible". Some time after, both firms pitched the idea to the ABC network, who turned it down. The resulting series, "He-Man and the Masters of
The Man in the High Castle Two chapters of the proposed sequel were published in "The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick", a collection of his essays and other writings. Dick's novel "Radio Free Albemuth" is rumored to have started as a sequel to "The Man in the High Castle". Dick described the plot of this early version of "Radio Free Albemuth" — then titled "VALISystem A" — writing:... a divine and loving ETI [extraterrestrial intelligence] ... help[s] Hawthorne Abendsen, the protagonist-author in ["The Man in the High Castle"], continue on in his difficult life after the Nazi secret police finally got to him... VALISystem A,