The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch..., Philip K. Dick
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch..., Philip K. Dick
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/03/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Not too long from now, when exiles from a blistering Earth huddle miserably in Martian colonies, the only things that make life bearable are the drugs. CanD translates those who take it into the bodies of Barbielike dolls. Now theres competition: a substance called ChewZ, marketed under the slogan God promises eternal life. We can deliver it. The question is: What kind of eternity? And whoor whatis the deliverer? In this wildly disorienting fun house of a novel, populated by Godlikeor perhaps satanictakeover artists and corporate psychics, Philip K. Dick explores mysteries that were once the property of St. Paul and Aquinas. His wit, compassion, and knifeedged irony make this novel moving as well as genuinely visionary.

About Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. DICK (1928–1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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

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