false 14185 29 In the overcrowded world & cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured thru the drug Can-D, which enables users to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar trip, he brings with him a new drug, Chew-Z. It is far more potent than Can-D, but threatens to plunge the world into a permanent state of drugged illusion controlled by the mysterious Eldritch. THE THREE STIGMATA OF PALMER ELDRITCH is, by universal consent, one of Dick's three key novels, & the book in which he first took his perennial interest in the fragile nature of reality to a new level of imaginative intensity. 1399376 book 1965 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch total:2210|5:675|4:887|3:524|2:110|1:14| 2210 8729 2888 155 216368 0679736662 9780679736660 314 28 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172783390m/216368.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216368.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 8 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 21:35:42 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 09:59:08 -0700 2008
This sucker is a masterpiece. It simply eschews any of the normal plot and passageways that most novels take. Every time the characters concoct a plan, the whole stage pivots. And you'd think the book would flake to...more...]]> 216368 0679736662 9780679736660 314 28 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172783390m/216368.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216368.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 7 false Fri Jun 26 17:34:39 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 02:38:40 -0700 2009
The picture PKD paints of the sad Martian colonists taking drugs and playing with dolls (becoming one with the dolls) reminds me of t...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 2 4 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 17:35:14 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 14:51:37 -0700 2007
Dick is famous fo...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 1 false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 08 09:03:19 -0800 2008 Thu May 22 14:38:36 -0700 2008 http://www.philipkdickfans.com/ttsopa.ht... There are summaries I found that I like better, but th...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 1 false Fri May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 10:44:05 -0800 2008 Fri May 09 06:03:32 -0700 2008
A bit heavy ...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 0 false Tue Mar 10 13:02:48 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 13:15:36 -0700 2009
The story takes place in a time when we've colonized every habital planet in the solar system. The people living in these...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 1 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1981 Sun Dec 07 18:12:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 17:12:26 -0800 2008 2? 3? more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 09:20:46 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 17:06:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 0 false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 12:30:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 12:30:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:58:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:07:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 0 false Tue Apr 28 13:26:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 08:00:26 -0700 2009 In response to that, I would say that their failure to be impressed is simply a condition of their own mind. Everybody wants things to be a certain way, to have a certain quality or taste, simultaneou...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 0 false Thu Dec 04 18:19:39 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 18:42:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Apr 08 17:55:34 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 18:07:10 -0700 2009
This one, though, has a great meta-fiction thing going on in the second half. I could write an essay about it, but it would be faster for you to just read the book. As with most of h...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Sat Nov 14 18:03:33 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 18:07:20 -0800 2009 Three Stigmata's colonists and their 'Perky Pat' layouts. As preoccupied as he was with the ...more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 2 0 false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 09 15:27:12 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 07:27:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 5 0 false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 09:53:23 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 18 12:41:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 11:44:44 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 00:54:20 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 14185 0575074809 9780575074804 1821 121 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166585060m/14185.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14185.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Sun Aug 24 12:02:20 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 12:24:46 -0700 2008 Having read through a few of the reviews on the site, I wanted to throw in my own two cents on the themes of hallucination and reality. People tend to read their own preoccupations into texts, and with that caveat I would like to propose another source for Dick's novel. I was struck at how m...more...]]> 3628912 229001379X 9782290013793 3 1 3.95 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3628912.Le_dieu_venu_du_centaure 1 0 false Wed Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jul 03 05:01:55 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 26 04:48:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3501172 9781199765154 8 1 3.95 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214036949m/3501172.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3501172.The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch 4 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1977 Fri Jun 20 23:54:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 01:44:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=883628