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I read an old Phillip K Dick story about this the other day....
edit:
Removed spoilers, it's Second Variety and a short read, definitely worth it
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32032/32032-h/32032-h.htm
Oh my God, someone else who reads PKD's Second Variety. It has stuck with me ever since I've read it.
Familiar with PKD, not familiar with what you are referring to though, please enlighten.
Second Variety
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32032/32032-h/32032-h.htm
It's not very well known. I've got a bunch of of books of his short stories and never heard of that one till someone else on Lemmy mentioned it a few days ago.
It's easy to forget the amount of work scifi writers of that time pumped out. They were paid practically nothing and most of them (def PKD) wouod just take a shit ton of meth and write for days.
They were producing work nonstop for decades.
Ah, the short where the movie Screamers is based on.