Second Variety: Philip K. Dick’s Riveting Science Fiction Thriller of Artificial Intelligence

Following a nuclear war between the United Nations and the Soviet Union, sophisticated robots called "claws" are deployed to destroy the remaining human population. However, the claws begin creating robots of their own. II-V, the second variety, is unknown to the few humans left on Earth—or is it? Philip K. Dick was an American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His first short story, "Beyond Lies the Wub," was published shortly after his high school graduation. Several of his short stories were adapted into films, including "The Minority Report," "Paycheck," "Second Variety" (adapted as Screamers), and "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (adapted as Total Recall).