The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enables the users to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar trip, he brings with him a new, alien drug Chew-Z, which 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.
In The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. Dick took his perennial interest in the fragile nature of reality to a new level of imaginative intensity.Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was born one of twins - his sister died in infancy. He lived most of his life in California, and wrote more than 50 books in a career of prodigious productivity and achievement.
Author: Philip K Dick
Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 130mm x 196mm, 220 g
Published: 2003, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which enables the users to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar trip, he brings with him a new, alien drug Chew-Z, which 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.
In The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. Dick took his perennial interest in the fragile nature of reality to a new level of imaginative intensity.Philip K. Dick (1928-82) was born one of twins - his sister died in infancy. He lived most of his life in California, and wrote more than 50 books in a career of prodigious productivity and achievement.