![]() Toward the end of his life, his work turned toward deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Dick (1928-1982) published 36 science fiction novels and 121 short stories in which he explored the essence of what makes man human and the dangers of centralized power. The 1995 movie Screamers based on “Second Variety” starring Peter “RoboCop” Weller sticks close to the short story and managed to entertain me in spite of some 90s-era special effects. Over a writing career that spanned three decades, Philip K. The next story Dick wrote is a sequel of sorts called “Jon’s World” that takes place in the future after the war. The Russians tell him about the first robot variety, but then the question becomes which one of them is the second variety pretending to be human. While traveling to meet with the Russians, the American Major Hendricks finds this out when he encounters the young child David, the third variety of these robot simulacra. Deep in underground factories the claws begin to build machines, indistinguishable from humans, that kill without loyalty to Russia or the Americans. The Americans have the vicious robotic claws on their side until the claws learn to evolve. Philip Kindred Dick was born on December 16 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. Second Variety is a short story about the aftermath of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations. ![]() ![]() A nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the West has reduced much of the world to a barren. Dick was originally published in 1953 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The American government fled to a secret base on the moon, while behind on Earth a skeleton crew of soldiers fights what remains of the Soviet Army. Buy a cheap copy of Second Variety book by Philip K. ![]()
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