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R.U.R. (Rossum's universal robots) ; and, War with the newts

Author: Karel Čapek
Publisher: London : Gollancz, 2011.
Series: SF masterworks.
Edition/Format:   Book : Mixed form : English
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Two dystopian satires from one of the most distinguished writers of 20th-century European science fiction. R.U.R. is the work that first introduced the word 'robot' into popular usage.

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Genre/Form: Science fiction
Translations into English
Named Person: Karel Čapek
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Karel Čapek
ISBN: 9780575099456 0575099453
OCLC Number: 817179732
Language Note: Translated from the Czech.
Description: ix, 349 p. ; 20 cm.
Series Title: SF masterworks.
Other Titles: War with the newts.
R.U.R.
Rossum's universal robots
Responsibility: Karel Čapek.

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Two cautionary (and visionary) tales that show us full well that man is at the top of the evolutionary chain through no real merit of his own. -- Graeme Flory GRAEME'S FANTASY BOOK REVIEW Blog Read more...

 
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