Review of 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
It starts off as hokey B-list sci-fi but then shifts half-way through into crazy-Dick-style ontological paranoia... in a good way.
Paperback, 192 pages
Published March 1, 1983 by DAW.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.[1]
The novel takes place in 2016. Under United Nations authority, humankind has colonized every habitable planet and moon in the Solar System. Like many of Dick's novels, it utilizes an array of science fiction concepts, features several layers of reality and unreality and philosophical ideas. It is one of Dick's first works to explore religious themes.
It starts off as hokey B-list sci-fi but then shifts half-way through into crazy-Dick-style ontological paranoia... in a good way.