The Dick, Philip K. 1928-1982 creator Emshwiller, Ed 1925-1990 text utu 2009 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Science fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28767 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28767 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133645.0 28767