Space Science Fiction magazine. It has since been republished in the following collections: The Variable Man (1956) The Best of Philip K. Dick (1977) Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities (1984) The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume II (1987) Second Variety (1989) Second Variety (1991) The Philip K. Dick Reader (1997) Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (2001) Minority Report (2002) Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (2002) The Adjustment Team: The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2 (2011) Adaptations A Canadian film based on "Second Variety", titled Screamers, was made in 1995, featuring Peter Weller. Produced after the fall of the Soviet Union, the film employs a new backstory involving a proxy war between disgruntled miners and mercenaries over working conditions on a hostile planet. Jason P. Vest, in Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies, writes that the film is more faithful than most other adaptations, but it received a mixed critical reception and failed at the box office. An audio-drama mini-series based on "Second Variety" was made in 2020 as part of the Curious Matter Anthology podcast. References External links Works by Philip K. Dick 1953 short stories Androids in literature Post-apocalyptic fiction Novels set during World War III Works originally published in Space Science Fiction Short stories adapted into films Science fiction horror novels Fiction about nuclear war and weapons