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title: "Second Variety: Volume Two Of The Collected Stories (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick)"
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# Second Variety: Volume Two Of The Collected Stories (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick)

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- **What is this?** Second Variety: Volume Two Of The Collected Stories (Collected Short Stories of Philip K. Dick) by gollancz
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This second volume of the collected stories of one of the most influential of all science fiction writers gathers 27 stories from August 1952 to April 1953. In this extraordinarily creative period Dick produced a seemingly endless stream of breathtakingly audacious ideas, delving ever deeper into what would become major themes of his career: alienation and the nature of humanity. In "Second Variety" Hendricks and the Russian soldier Tasso fight a desperate battle for survival in a relentless future war against machine foes. Dick commented that here "my grand theme--who is human and who only appears as human--emerges most fully". The story is a taut, Cold-War-era ancestor of The Terminator. In 1976 Dick wrote "For me 'Human Is' is my credo". Lester is an emotionless workaholic devoted to making poisons for the military. When he returns from Rexor IV a literally changed man his wife faces a unique decision. The final story "Prominent Author" is an ingenious tale of instantaneous transport with strange repercussions in time. Still subversively shocking it points to the theological explorations which became increasingly important in Dick's later writing.  With an introduction by Norman Spinrad and brief notes this collection is an opportunity to follow the development of a writer from dazzlingly original newcomer to a master of science fiction. While Ray Bradbury's The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953) reshaped the short story to his own poetic ends, Dick was rapidly turning the genre inside out. --Gary S. Dalkin

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