The Defenders, Philip K. Dick
The Defenders, Philip K. Dick
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The Defenders

Author: Philip K. Dick

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2017

Synopsis

In The Defenders, the Soviet and American survivors of a nuclear holocaust have created vast underground tunnels, so as to continue the war on the surface via remote control robots. When a robot from the surface is found not to be radioactive, a team of American scientists returns topside to investigate this anomaly. Expecting to see massive devastation, the scientists are unprepared for the shocking truth that awaits them.

About Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) - was a prolific novelist, essayist and short story writer - having published approximately 44 novels and 121 short stories. His works have been turned into numerous popular films, including Total Recall, Minority Report, and The Adjustment Bureau. He won a Hugo Award in 1963 for his novel The Man in the High Castle and has been named as one of the hundred greatest English-language writers by Time magazine.

About Chris Lutkin

Chris Lutkin has been an actor, a director, a writer, and a teacher for over thirty years. He has narrated several audiobooks including The Early Stories of Philip K. Dick, 12 Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Red Badge of Courage. He currently resides in Detroit with his wife, Heather, and their rescue dog, Buckaroo.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

I liked this long short story very much, and I suppose Dick must have liked it too, for a decade after publishing this version in Galaxy (1953) he used it as the basis of a novel The Penultimate Truth. It is set in a world dominated for eight years by nuclear war, in which all human beings live under......more

Goodreads review by J.L.

The Defenders is an interesting short story by PK Dick (January 1953, Galaxy Science Fiction) about what happens when machines are allowed to take over. After 8 years underground (where they were forced to live after a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union), residents long to return to t......more

Goodreads review by Ian

*UPDATED- Notes Illustrations* 2.5 ⭐ Rounded Up. Early Phillip K Dick short story, in classic 50's style. Influenced by the futility and fear of the Cold War period, Dick creates a solution whereby the machines designed to protect humanity decide to truely do that, even if it means ignoring orders. A......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

While this clearly inspired PKD to later write his novel The Penultimate Truth, the underlying theme here is quite different and perhaps more chilling. Rather than the ruling elite keeping the unwitting masses in their underground bunkers by means of a hoax, here the same is perpetrated on all of hu......more

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