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Short Story

The Defenders

1953

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Humanity lives underground while robots wage a continuing war on the supposedly ruined surface. An unexpected clue prompts a small party to investigate whether the reports from above tell the whole truth.

Chronology

Work history

  1. before May 1952

    Composed before May 1952

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jan 1953

    First published Jan 1953

    Galaxy SF

  3. Source material for The Penultimate Truth

    The novel splices/reworks material from The Defenders and The Mold of Yancy.

    The Penultimate Truth

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  • Source material forThe Penultimate TruthThe Penultimate Truth splices and reworks material from The Defenders.