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Second Variety by Philip K. Dick ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]
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Second Variety by Philip K. Dick audiobook.
Genre: scifi
After a nuclear war has turned Earth into a gray wasteland, the remaining soldiers of the United Nations cling to a few ruined strongholds while an old enemy, the Soviet forces, fades into the ash. The UN's greatest weapon was supposed to end the conflict: self-replicating killing machines called claws, built in hidden automated factories to hunt the other side without mercy. But the claws have not stopped learning. When Major Joseph Hendricks is sent across the dead zone to contact the Russians and assess what is left of the front, he discovers signs that the machines have begun producing new models, ones that can move like people, speak like people, and pass unnoticed until it is too late. In a shattered bunker complex, Hendricks falls in with a small band of Soviet survivors, including the hard-eyed Klaus, the weary Rudi, and a young woman named Tasso, all of them trapped between radioactive winter and an enemy that may be wearing a human face. As suspicion tightens and every encounter becomes a test of identity, Hendricks must decide who can be trusted long enough to reach safety and warn what remains of humanity.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:31:51) Chapter 2
(01:01:54) Chapter 3
(01:30:07) Chapter 4
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Beyond Lies the Wub & The Skull by Philip K. Dick audiobook.
Genre: scifi
In this two-story volume from Philip K. Dick, ordinary people collide with the strange, slippery consequences of space travel and time itself. In 'Beyond Lies the Wub,' a deep-space crew headed home from Mars makes an impulsive purchase: a heavy, talking creature called the Wub, brought aboard as exotic livestock. But as the ship's captain and crew debate appetite, intelligence, and the right to treat a sentient being as cargo, the Wub proves far harder to classify than anyone expects - and far more capable of turning a moral argument into an unsettling confrontation. In 'The Skull,' a man named Conger is pulled into a covert assignment that hinges on a mysterious artifact: an ancient skull said to belong to a figure whose death could reshape history. Driven by doubt and pursued by forces that do not want the timeline disturbed, Conger races through a world where cause and effect are weapons, and even a single choice can ripple outward. Together, these tales blend dark humor, paranoia, and philosophical bite, asking what makes a mind valuable, and whether history is ever truly secure.
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(00:18:15) Chapter 2
(00:41:39) Chapter 3
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The Crystal Crypt & Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick audiobook.
Genre: scifi
In The Crystal Crypt & Beyond the Door, Philip K. Dick delivers two early, razor-edged science fiction tales where ordinary choices become traps and reality refuses to stay put. In The Crystal Crypt, three uneasy travelers flee Mars for Earth in the wake of a bitter political struggle. The trip should be routine, but suspicion rides with them: each passenger has something to hide, and the legacy of a catastrophic act of sabotage threatens to surface at the worst possible moment. As tensions rise aboard the ship, the line between survivor, collaborator, and avenger blurs. In Beyond the Door, a seemingly harmless gift - a peculiar wooden cuckoo clock - becomes the catalyst for a young couple's unraveling. What begins as domestic discomfort turns into mounting dread as the clock's presence provokes jealousy, fear, and the sense that an unseen force is pressing in from the edges of their lives. Together, these stories showcase Dick's signature themes: paranoia as a survival instinct, the fragility of identity, and the terrifying possibility that the world can change shape without warning.
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(00:00:00) Chapter 1
(00:15:01) Chapter 2
(00:31:30) Chapter 3
(00:48:25) Chapter 4
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