#196 in Classics
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch” packs Philip K. Dick’s great preoccupations into one short novel. Identity, sanity, drugs and the nature of God are all here, though some readers feel the ideas are still unsettled, as if the author were deciding what he thought, and find the book by turns thrilling and exasperating. For those who know his later work, that is the appeal: those novels taking shape in some 250 pages.
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About the book
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published by Doubleday, it was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 250 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 63% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 27 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 223 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Classics.
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