The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
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In a crowded future where humanity has spread across cramped space colonies, the masses escape their bleak reality through Can-D, a drug that offers access to a shared illusory paradise. When the enigmatic industrialist Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar expedition bearing Chew-Z—a far more potent and seductive alternative—the line between reality and hallucination begins to blur dangerously. As Chew-Z spreads through society, users find themselves trapped in increasingly surreal and inescapable dreamscapes, raising terrifying questions about the true nature of consciousness and free will. Philip K. Dick weaves a mind-bending exploration of identity, control, and the human need for escape, crafting one of science fiction's most unsettling and philosophically complex narratives. This is Dick at his most visionary and disturbing—a brilliant, hallucinatory journey into the darkest corners of human desire and manipulation.
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paperback
Gollancz
Published Sep 18, 2013
230 pages
ISBN: 9781407247427
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First Published
1965
Language
eng
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