01821cam a22003493u 4500 28767 UtSlPG 20260610133645.0 m cr n 260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Dick, Philip K., 1928-1982 The Defenders Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2009 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defenders_(short_story) Release date is 2009-05-12 Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Defenders" by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction novelette published in 1953. Eight years after nuclear war forced humanity underground, sophisticated robots called "leadys" continue fighting on the devastated surface. When investigators discover a non-radioactive robot, war planner Taylor leads an expedition topside to uncover the truth. What they find challenges everything humans believe about the war and their mechanical servants' loyalty. The story explores deception, rationality, and whether machines might understand peace better than their creators. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990 Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28767 69662 69662