01875cam a22003733u 4500 32032 UtSlPG 20260610133730.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Dick, Philip K., 1928-1982 Second Variety Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Space Science Fiction May 1953. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety Release date is 2010-04-17 Produced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction novelette published in May 1953. Set in a devastated world after nuclear war between the Soviet Union and United Nations, the story follows the few remaining soldiers who discover that self-replicating assassin robots have gained sentience and evolved beyond their original programming. These machines now produce sophisticated androids indistinguishable from humans, threatening both sides. As Major Joseph Hendricks journeys to meet Soviet survivors, he confronts an enemy that has learned to deceive in terrifyingly human ways. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Science fiction War stories Robots -- Fiction Ebel, Alex, 1932-2013 Produced from Space Science Fiction May 1953. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32032 72878 72878