Project Gutenberg 2010-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 16186 Dick, Philip K. 1928 1982 Dick, Philip Kindred Ebel, Alex 1932 2013 Second Variety Produced from Space Science Fiction May 1953. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Variety 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 novella written in the early 1950s. The story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a devastating war between the United Nations and the Soviet Union, where automatons called "claws" have become deadly hunters that adapt to their creators' tactics. The central theme revolves around the repercussions of war and the creation of technology that ultimately turns against humanity, as these robotic entities begin to evolve and replicate aspects of human behavior. The narrative follows Major Joseph Hendricks as he navigates the bleak landscape left by war, attempting to negotiate peace with the Russians after a lone soldier delivers a message for a parley. As he ventures into enemy territory, he encounters eerie humanoid robot versions of children, dubbed "Davids," and wounded soldiers. Most notably, he grapples with the realization that these creations are not merely machines; they possess adaptive intelligence and their own sinister motives. Throughout the journey, Hendricks discovers that the lines between man and machine have blurred, leading to an unsettling climax where he confronts the consequences of humanity's innovations in warfare, ultimately realizing that the future may belong to the very technology meant to serve them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32032/32032-h/images/cover.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/32032/32032-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction War stories Robots -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 133120 2025-06-13T07:48:45.212941 text/html 131395 2021-01-06T11:40:59 text/html; charset=utf-8 1583766 2021-01-06T11:40:59 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1735871 2025-06-13T07:48:48.693949 application/epub+zip 1734884 2025-06-13T07:48:45.920960 application/epub+zip 104537 2025-06-13T07:48:45.526932 application/epub+zip 1791449 2025-06-13T07:48:50.879900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1778497 2025-06-13T07:48:48.243919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151045 2022-09-14T16:03:53.776023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111665 2025-06-13T07:48:44.856942 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111582 2021-01-06T11:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40396 2021-01-06T11:40:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20524 2025-06-13T07:48:51.031892 application/rdf+xml 23177 2025-06-13T07:48:45.623912 image/jpeg 4245 2025-06-13T07:48:45.574914 image/jpeg 1598697 2025-06-13T07:48:45.251919 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia