Second Variety (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Second Variety (Version 2), credited to Philip K. Dick, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick. Read by Phil Chenevert First published in Space Science Fiction May 1953. "The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!" When future war becomes so horrific that humans turn to machines and computers to design ways to kill each other strange things may happen. And DO in this classic Philip K. Dick story! (summary from the story blurb and Phil Chenevert)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Second Variety (Version 2)
• Author credits: Philip K. Dick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 4
• Listed recording duration: 1:55:02

Catalogue topics

• SF
• science fiction
• SciFi
• philip Dick

Track guide

1. 1 - Section 1 — 31:51
2. 2 - Section 2 — 30:03
3. 3 - Section 3 — 28:13
4. 4 - Section 4 — 24:58

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