The Variable Man: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Variable Man, 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 The Variable Man, by Philip K. Dick. Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012). Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you’re going to win a war before you fire a shot. Unfortunately they’re predicting perpetual standoff between the Terran and Centaurian Empires. What they need is something unpredictable, what they get is Thomas Cole, a man from the past accidently dragged forward in time. Will he fit their calculations, or is he the random variable that can break the stalemate? – The Variable Man first appeared in the September, 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Variable Man
• Author credits: Philip K. Dick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 3
• Listed recording duration: 2:49:11

Catalogue topics

• science fiction
• dick

Track guide

1. 1 - The Variable Man (Chapters 1 - 2) — 1:06:15
2. 2 - The Variable Man (Chapter 3) — 39:16
3. 3 - The Variable Man (Chapter 4) — 1:03:43

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Source and rights

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