Second Variety, Philip K. Dick
Second Variety, Philip K. Dick
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Second Variety

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 1 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2017


Synopsis

In Second Variety, UN forces have retreated to a moon base in the aftermath of early Soviet victories in a nuclear conflict. In response, the UN forces developed special robots, called Claws, which feature spinning blades and rudimentary artificial intelligence. Six years later, the Soviet leadership asks for negotiations to end the war. A UN officer travels back to earth to discover that not only have the Claws learned to replicate themselves, they have also created a much deadlier cyborg that threatens humanity itself. The inspiration for the movie Screamers.

About Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) - was a prolific novelist, essayist and short story writer - having published approximately 44 novels and 121 short stories. His works have been turned into numerous popular films, including Total Recall, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau. He won a Hugo Award in 1963 for his novel The Man in the High Castle and has been named as one of the hundred greatest English-language writers by Time magazine.

About Chris Lutkin

Chris Lutkin has been an actor, a director, a writer, and a teacher for over thirty years. He has narrated several audiobooks including The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick, 12 Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Red Badge of Courage. He currently resides in Detroit with his wife, Heather, and their rescue dog, Buckaroo.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on March 10, 2019

We Can Remember it for You Wholesale, the second volume of Philip K. Dick’s collected short stories, represents both a significant advance and a noticeable decline. The majority of these tales—the remarkable exception being the title story, written in 1965—were composed between August of ‘52 and Apr......more

Goodreads review by Oscar on October 02, 2018

Este segundo volumen de los cuentos completos de Philip K. Dick mantiene la calidad que ya nos ofreció el primer libro. Se trata de 28 relatos escritos entre 1952 y 1953. Hay que reseñar que la edición de Martínez Roca no contiene el relato 'Podemos recordarlo por usted', y que sí incluye la edición......more

Goodreads review by Kansas on May 09, 2021

"¿No pudiste percibir que era una máquina? ¿Hablaba como un ser humano? ¿Nunca lo sospechaste? - Es extraño, esas máquinas son tan parecidas a las personas que pueden engañarte. Casi vivas." (La Segunda Variedad)" A lo largo de su prolífica carrera, Philip K. Dick escribió 122 cuentos y tengo que admi......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on July 31, 2019

I cherry-picked stories out of this collection for a very simple reason. I had read most of the best ones from it already. :) Interestingly enough, I got to revisit some snippets that later made it into some of his full novels in these previous incarnations. And far from being a chore or a let-down,......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on September 18, 2017

Este segundo volumen de cuentos completos de Philip K. Dick mantiene, en comparación con el primero, el nivel de los relatos pero les agrega un poco más de solidez y profundidad. En general los temas que más se tratan son paranoia, realidad, holocausto nuclear, guerra, psicología, y la definición mis......more