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The Commons · Book by Philip K. Dick

Second Variety

Publication date
2017-11-26
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages
76
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781981158317
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About the book

"Second Variety" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953. A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren wasteland. The war continues, however, among the scattered remains of humanity. The Western forces have developed "claws", which are autonomous self-replicating robots to fight on their side. It is one of Dick's many stories in which nuclear war has rendered the Earth's surface uninhabitable. The story was adapted into the movie Screamers in 1995.