The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Name: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (24 reviews)
Author: Philip K. Dick
ISBN: 9798894864822

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: John Skelley

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/02/2025

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A Nebula Award–nominee from the Hugo Award–winning author of The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick's The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch explores the desolation of the minds, souls, and hearts of colonists on Mars in “a psychedelic odyssey of hallucinations-within-hallucinations from which no reader emerges unscathed” (Boston Globe). 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 translates 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. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch 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

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