Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick

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dsq · 3d ago

Dick is one of the writers that accompanied me in my youth, along with the Golden Agers (IA, RAH, AC etc.). His books are the base for many SF tv/movies. Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, and others. This story, written in the fifties, is eerily evocative of todays drone warfare.

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Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick

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