R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
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- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2004
Summary
A visionary work of science fiction that introduced the word “robot.”
Written in 1920, premiered in Prague in 1921, and first performed in New York in 1922, this play garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word “robot.” Mass-produced as efficient laborers to serve man, Capek’s Robots are an android product—they remember everything but think of nothing new. But the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning, and the humans they serve stop reproducing. Whe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141182087 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141182083 |
| Author: | Karel Capek, Ivan Klima, Claudia Novack |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2004 |
| Weight: | 96g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Critics Review
A great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.
?A great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.? (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)”
About The Author
Karel Capek
Karel Capek (1890-1938) was the leading Czech playwright, novelist, and columnist between the wars. He is best known for R. U. R. and his novel, War with the Newts.
Ivan Klima is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist whose work was long suppressed under Communism.
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