The Gun
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2009-06-15 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #29132 |
Description
"The Gun" by Philip K. Dick is a science fiction short story first published in 1952. Space explorers investigating what seems to be a deserted planet are mysteriously shot down and forced to crash land. Their search for answers leads them to ancient ruins and a deadly automated weapon programmed to destroy anything that flies overhead. The gun protects something precious beneath it—remnants of a lost civilization. But destroying their mechanical enemy may not be enough to escape this world alive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)