Read Les Défenseurs (1998)

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Author

Philip K. Dick

Genre

Science Fiction

Rating

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

226400195X (ISBN13: 9782264001955)

Language

English

Publisher

10/18

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Les Défenseurs (1998) - Plot & Excerpts

This was a neat little short story that I found as a free download.America and Russia have gone to war. The weapons have advanced so much that it has devastated the surface of the planet. Humans have retreated underground while robots have continued the war for the last seven years.This story is a little dated and I did figure out where it was going by the halfway mark. I still feel it was masterfully executed in its telling. Highly recommended for any science fiction fan. I like reading "classic" science-fiction, whatever people mean by classic. Some of it ages very well, and some doesn't. Unfortunately, most of the stories in this collection (The defenders and other stories) did not age well. Some of the heavy-handed tone gets boring quickly, and there is a bit too much of the "all-knowing" explaining the good and bad. Still, it's always interesting to read these tales now to get a better glimpse of what sci-fi writers and society were concerned about at the time.