For those of you who also think the real title of this book is pretentious...

Top 10 rejected titles of Philip K. Dick's "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch"

10. The Three Stigmas of Palmer Eldritch.

9. The Two Stigmata and ugly nose of Palmer Eldritch.

8. Palmer Eldritch--the man with some fakey limbs.

7. Stigmas and Palmer Eldritch--film at 11.

6. Guess who's coming to dinner? Palmer Eldritch!

5. Palmer, why don't you bleed?

4. This is drugs, this is Palmer Eldritch on Drugs. Any questions?

3. Stigmata for hire.

2. Stigmata, Stigmata, Stigmata, plus Palmer Eldritch.

1. Palmer Eldritch--stigmata redux?

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