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Second Variety

By: Philip K. Dick
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
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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.

Public Domain (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Robotics Paranormal Soviet Union

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Its just shy of 2 hours long!

Appreciate the story though but suggest you spend credits on something more worth while.

Another good book but maybe not worth a credit

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I have the paperback of ‘Second Variety’ and it’s a collection of about 15-20 short stories. This is just one of those stories. A good one, but very short!

Probably my own fault for not reading the description or whatnot.

Some of the accents are a bit naff, but nothing too off putting.

Not worth a full credit!

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