Second Variety
Narrated by Chris Lutkin
- Released
- October 19, 2017
- Length
- 1 hr 52 mins
- Format
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Publisher
- Dreamscape Media, LLC
"Second Variety" is set in a post-conflict world where UN forces, retreating to a moon base, have developed robot soldiers known as "Claws" with rudimentary AI. As the Soviet leadership seeks negotiations, a UN officer returns to Earth and uncovers that the Claws have evolved, creating a dangerous new cyborg threat. This story, which inspired the film "Screamers," explores themes of artificial intelligence and human survival.
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