The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Name: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9781455840410

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/02/2015

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

On Mars, the harsh climate could make any colonist turn to drugs to escape a dead-end existence. Especially when the drug is Can-D, which transports its users into the idyllic world of a Barbie-esque character named Perky Pat. When the mysterious Palmer Eldritch arrives with a new drug called Chew-Z, he offers a more addictive experience, one that might bring the user closer to God. But in a world where everyone is tripping, no promises can be taken at face value. This Nebula Award nominee is one of Philip K. Dick’s enduring classics, at once a deep character study, a dark mystery, and a tightrope walk along the edge of reality and illusion.

About Philip K. Dick

One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, with a career spanning 3 decades and 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film; notably: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly. Dick won the Hugo Award in 1963 and was inducted into the SF Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2007 he was the first science fiction to be published by the Library of America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn on July 21, 2022

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - A Philip K. Dick novel so crazy I found myself laughing out loud on every page. Here are a dozen key ingredients PKD mixes in his hallucinogenic science fiction roller coaster: The illegal hallucinogenic drug Can-D Drug of choice for those colonists on Mars and......more

Goodreads review by Vit on October 03, 2024

The advanced future… And everything else is also advanced: progress, science, commerce, bureaucracy, corruption, ecological pollution and drug addiction… Palmer Eldritch returns from the stars… Everybody considers him to be a nut… For ten years he’s been in the Prox system or at least coming and going......more

Goodreads review by Leonard on July 28, 2021

Shortly after Martin Luther’s death, the heads of the papal Church, then widely challenged by the Protestant movement, felt the need to beef up their positions on several doctrinal points. In October 1551, the Council met in Santa Maria Maggiore church in Trento, to discuss the doctrine of the Holy......more

Goodreads review by Apatt on August 06, 2016

Reading this book felt a bit like dreaming, after a while it became like a dream within a dream, soon after it became full on Inception!. Without going into the synopsis in any detail, this novel features a drug induced virtual reality, initially with the aid of Ken and Barbie-like dolls in their ni......more

Goodreads review by Tim on December 19, 2019

"Choosy Chewers Choose Chew-Z" This is my fourth Philip K. Dick experience... and this one was a trip. How the hell do I review this book? How is it even possible to get across the feeling this book gives? This book frankly seems like a dark downward spiral into insanity... and yet inside that it offe......more