The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
ISBN: 9780547572550
Publication Date: 18 October 2011

Philip K. Dick is the bestselling author of Minority Report and Blade Runner.

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 user to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar trip, he brings with him a new 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.

About the Author

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) was born in Chicago but lived in California for most of his life. He went to college at Berkeley for a year, ran a record store and had his own classical-music show on a local radio station. He published his first short story, 'Beyond Lies the Wub' in 1952. Among his many fine novels are The Man In The High Castle, Time Out Of Joint, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep and Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said.