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Not Bad. Not bad at all.


Terminator - 1st generation (second edition?).

I always appreciate seeing where a successful idea originated.

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Really Fun Story -BUT- You Can See The End Coming

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As you can see from the title of my review, the twist ending become pretty obvious about halfway through the story.

That might ruin the experience for a lot of people, but I enjoyed the short story nonetheless. Philip K Dick is, for the MOST part, a pretty reliable author. You know what to expect from him before you start. He has absolutely amazing ideas behind nearly all of his writings, which I think is his main appeal. PKD isn't as much an author that really does a ton of character development. People read his work because of the totally original and strange places and scenarios that he brings his readers.

I still enjoyed this story a lot. :)

8.12 / 10.00

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Classic Philip K Dick

What was one of the most memorable moments of Second Variety?

Nice surprise ending

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Better than most PKD short stories. Another well done vision of a dystopiac, post-nuclear holocaust world. The ending was slightly predictable, but good nonetheless.