The Defenders

Written by:
Philip K. Dick
Narrated by:
Phil Chenevert

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
31
Narrator
8
Release Date
January 1, 2011
Duration
1 hour 0 minutes
Summary
The terrible destruction of total nuclear war between the Western and Eastern Blocks has succeeded in sterilizing the surface of the earth. No living creature can now exist there and all humans on both sides, have fled to the hives built miles below the surface where they constantly work to produce the war materials necessary to carry on the battle. For 8 years now, the actual fighting between these super powers has been conducted by robots known as Ledeys since only they can sustain the terrible levels of radiation caused by the constant bombardment. They are the Defenders, standing between the combatants far below and ultimate victory or defeat. Life is hard in the tunnels, but liveable, while it is lethal on the surface. The ledeys keep the generals informed on everything through vids and pictures; but how can this continue? what will happen? Who will win? (Summary by Phil Chenevert)
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MAriana R

Great short book, the narrator makes his effort to tell an engaging story!

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guy gomes

this was a great short story. i liked it a ton. it was short but it kept your attention.wish there was another

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Aimee G.

Really great story. Very thought provoking. I'm an Asimov fan and this hit me right in that spot. The narrator was good. He have emotion rather than just reading like a dictionary, which is hard to find with Librivox. I do wish, however, his robot voice was more like William Dufris doing Daneel Olivaw. Just a very proper and enunciated speech rather than a stilted Mac Computer voice. Altogether, really great.

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Frank D

This particular story is almost relevant today with the Cold War returning. Worth the read. I would listen to this narrator again although his voice isn’t like tv narrators. His robot voice was sort of cool but Alexa has changed our prior perception of computer voices.

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