Palmer Eldritch
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in hardcover by Doubleday. Set in a climate-stricken near future and among off-world colonies, it follows corporate fixer Leo Bulero and colonist Barney Mayerson as they become entangled with the hallucinogen Chew-Z and the enigmatic entrepreneur Palmer Eldritch, whose recurring "stigmata" of metal teeth, an artificial hand, and mechanical eyes reappear within Chew-Z experiences. The book is one of Dick’s early sustained engagements with religious imagery, alongside recurring concerns with reality versus illusion, consumer culture, and technologically mediated identity.
Reception on release was mixed, praised for inventiveness and ambition by some reviewers and faulted by others for structural incoherence. The novel was a finalist for the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel. It has been frequently reprinted, was collected by the Library of America in 2007, and is often regarded as a central work in Dick’s 1960s output.
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