Second Variety

By Philip K. Dick

Second Variety is a science-fiction novelette written by Philip K. Dick and published in 1953.

After a terrible war between the United Nations and the Soviet Union, survivors live in a wasteland.

There, soldiers discover self replicating robots initially conceived to destroy the Soviet agents.

But the robots now seem to target everyone.

Can the soldiers survive this terrible and new threat ?


Second Variety was adapted into the 1995 movie Screamers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orpheus Editions
• Release date: Feb 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835376224

Philip K. Dick

Over a writing career that spanned three decades, PHILIP K. 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. Toward the end of his life, his work turned to deeply personal, metaphysical questions concerning the nature of God. Eleven novels and short stories have been adapted to film, notably Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly, as well as television's The Man in the High Castle. The recipient of critical acclaim and numerous awards throughout his career, including the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards, Dick was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2005, and between 2007 and 2009, the Library of America published a selection of his novels in three volumes. His work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages.

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