The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 novel by US science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.The novel takes place some time in the 21st century. 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 and features several layers of reality and unreality. It is one of Dick's first works to explore religious themes.
The story begins in a future world where, as the dominant form of recreation, people take drugs to enter shared dream worlds. The worlds are based on "layouts," physical props in the real world that provide settings for the hallucinations. One of the top layout manufacturers is the New York City-based Perky Pat (or P.P.) Layouts, Inc.
The firm has just assigned its top precognitive, Barney Mayerson, the task of colonizing Mars. Mayerson is sleeping with his assistant, Roni Fugate, but remains bitter about his divorce from his first wife Emily, a ceramic pot artist. Meanwhile, Emily's second husband tries to sell her pot designs to P.P. Layouts as possible accessories for the Perky Pat virtual worlds -- but Barney, recognizing them as Emily's, rejects them out of spite.
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