The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch: Library Edition

from AHS-Wolfy

Barney Mayerson has just received his draft notice to join the Mars colony. He can probably gt out of it if he wants to but he's not entirely sure that he does. Currently employed as one of the top pre-cognitives for P.P. Layouts, makers of Perky Pat and her accessories which, used in conjunction...

from collsers

PKD's vision of the future presented in this novel is frighteningly prescient -- people escape the doldrums of their life through an artificial "second life," plastic surgery has been replaced by medical "evolution," and so on. The ending will throw any reader for a loop, and requires several rer...

from laphroaig

One day I will have to return to this book and re-read it. Very slowly. Despite its pre-1980s origins (would any modern sci-fi author consider flying cars anything but out-moded fantasy?) Dick presents a very up-to-date view of the future: unremittingly grim; global warming; corrupt in every deta...

from drbrand

Even after reading seven of his other novels, I'm still surprised at how excited and perplexed I feel after reading a new one. Explaining the premise of this novel (or any of his novels) is usually difficult because there are so many elements at play. Essentially, the world is really hot because ...

from Lukerik

Perfectly paced world-building, high imagination and themes of drugs and religion. Very clever how the drug induced effects on one character can invade the future reality of other characters. I've had a few drugs in my time and Dick absolutely nails how the mental state of two or more people taki...