The Defenders - Philip K. Dick

[@madahad9]

My favourite Philip K. Dick short story. It reads like an episode of the Outer Limits tv series. Admittedly I have only scratched the surface of his body of work but there seems to a theme that runs through many that I have read which question the reality the characters are experiencing. I wonder how much the drugs he was known to have taken and the schizophrenia some believe he had played on these stories and novels. His novels (the few I've read) mess with my mind, especially Divine Invasion.

[@DK-pb7tr]

What an amazing imagination

[@scoobydoowhereareyou94]

subbed and liked,awesome story,good narration. thank you for the upload

[@sharonjuniorchess]

As the aircraft reached a height there was a sudden explosion and bits fell from the sky. The leader robot turned to his companion and said "I am surprised that when they discovered we had lied to them once that they believed us the second time. Now its time to annihilate all the others".

[@themodestgoddess1645]

Thank You, Leadys! At least someone--or rather, something--has good sense! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯😌🙌🏾

[@jayturner3397]

Good narration, anyone know who it is please?

[@AllSeeingScorpio]

The narrator was Gregg Margarite, who passed back in 2012.

[@jayturner3397]

@@AllSeeingScorpio cheers, very different, in his later days quite robotic, illness ,?

[@nqinadlamini]

Wow great book.

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

We need someone like the Variable Man now! Lol

[@codedlAnguage]

@. Thank You. 💝 🤐

[@codedlAnguage]

Those Germs not coming anywhere near me. 💝

[@503WE]

Obrigado pelas legendas.

[@goodluck5642]

You’d love books!

[@blackbird5634]

Peace can be made on an operational level, no need for politicians. Well there it is. Common sense.

[@busby777]

Who or what is the narrator? The Leadies are NOT Leedies -- they are Leddies -- made of lead! The metal lead.

[@benderbender1233]

🤙

[@rossshrago9134]

The dystopian first half had me ready to...., I'm not hopeful about humanity...😒

[@nutznchocolates56]

Sounds good

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

9:43pm…

[@thekaiser4333]

What are Soviets?

[@TheKitMurkit]

The cannibalistic subhumans

[@IndianOutlaw1870]

Soviet Union

[@cesarfloden3509]

@@TheKitMurkit Jesus Christ 💀

[@gerardgerard5681]

Like nazis but worse

[@thekaiser4333]

@@gerardgerard5681 What are nazis?

[@davidjohnson-pz2df]

Coronovirus Example !!?

[@gerardgerard5681]

Nobody reads a reply, fwi.

[@LeviPaladin]

The reading was fine, but the moral of the story was utterly naive.. "War is bad, we can all get along if we just try." Poppycock.

[@smashbatgames]

lol the robot was a globalist

[@allisonschempf2230]

Don't worry, its apparent naivete is misleading. The story is a companion piece to some of PKD's other early works and provides some "historical" scaffolding for his alternate universe.

[@fuzzywzhe]

War is nothing more than goons trying to steal resources at this point. The reason the United States is in Syria is to steal oil. Israel occupies the Golan Heights, but the Golan Heights is under Israeli occupation. In 2013, Genie Energy signed a deal with Israel to mine it's oil resources, even though it doesn't belong to Israel. Assad objected and was subsequently framed for using chemical weapons against his civilian population for no military or political strategic advantage. He has a military and and airforce at his disposal, he would have no need to use the one weapon that gives the United States it's only excuse to be in Syria. There's also a minor reason the United States is in Syria, it's Russia's only military base in the Middle East. It's not a question about "getting along", war is instigated by mafia groups which you naively call "my government". If you care to, look up who is on the strategic board of directors of Genie.

[@johnjones2nd667]

​@@fuzzywzhe holy shit it looks like they are all american

[@MsPepperbelly]

This is not one of his better stories and the guy narrating it is so monotone in his delivery that it's hard to really get into it. But what gets me the most is the horrendous Russian accent of the soldier near the end. I pride myself on doing some common accents and this is some kind of combination of a Soviet/French/Italian/Spanish abomination that is almost criminal.

[@johnjones2nd667]

A small representation of future humanity

[@Jarvo2731]

Haha. How weird to have a view on the quality of narration on an ....... Wait for it..... "Audio" book. I take it it was your dad reading it? Must be why you are sooooo upset 😂😂

[@briangeeslin5938]

Neil Jarvis. I don't get this 'dad's thing.

[@Jarvo2731]

The worst reading of an audio book I've heard. Really.

[@dewayneweaver2744]

Neil Jarvis It's not that bad you haven't heard the old lebervox recordings.

[@badas45]

Look up "who goes there" on good divorces channel this guy is way better