Survey Team by Philip K. Dick Episode #101
Philip K. Dick | September 17, 2023-
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Survey Team by Philip K. Dick Episode #101
Philip K. Dick
SURVEY TEAM
Episode #101 · Written by Philip K. Dick · Narrated by Scott Miller
A desperate expedition leaves the ruins of Earth, hoping Mars will become humanity’s salvation. But what they discover among the red planet’s ashes reveals a haunting truth about where mankind truly came from.
In the cold aftermath of global war, the last remnants of humanity live beneath the Earth’s scarred surface. Their world is dead, their hope nearly gone. When a desperate mission sets out to find a new home, Commander Halloway leads the Survey Team to Mars — the only planet left that might still sustain life. What they find there, however, is not salvation. Mars is a graveyard of another civilization, one that seems to have lived, mined, and died long before humanity ever reached the stars.
Through fragments of Martian records and haunting ruins, the team pieces together an unsettling truth — a cycle of destruction repeating across the ages. Have humans arrived at the remains of another species’ failure, or are they staring into their own distant past?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Philip K. Dick’s Survey Team is a profound and unsettling vision of human destiny. It’s both a cautionary tale and a mirror, reflecting the relentless drive that propels humanity forward even as it destroys everything it touches. Few authors have captured the paradox of progress as sharply as Dick, whose work has inspired generations of readers, filmmakers, and thinkers.
Born in Chicago in 1928, Dick wrote more than 120 short stories and over 40 novels. His imagination reshaped the landscape of modern science fiction, influencing films like Blade Runner, Minority Report, and Total Recall. In Survey Team, he offers not only a glimpse of the stars but a sobering reminder that no matter how far we go, we can’t escape ourselves.
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Listen to Survey Team by Philip K. Dick — a gripping tale of humanity’s final mission to Mars in this classic science fiction story from the master of vintage sci-fi.
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