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Novel

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

1964

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Colonists escape their bleak lives through a drug that lets them inhabit a shared fantasy world. A rival substance brought back from interstellar space promises something more powerful, blurring the boundaries between commerce, consciousness, and divinity.

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Work history

  1. Early 1964

    Composed Early 1964

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Mar 18, 1964

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Mar 18, 1964

  3. Nov 1964

    First published Nov 1964

    The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch · Doubleday

  4. Based in part on The Days of Perky Pat

    Dick described the Perky Pat story as generating/providing a thematic basis for the novel.

    The Days of Perky Pat

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  • Based onThe Days of Perky PatThe Days of Perky Pat provided a thematic and textual basis for The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch.