RUR & War with the Newts (S.F. MASTERWORKS)

by Karel Capek

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Written against the background of the rise of Nazism, War With the Newts concerns the discovery in the South Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, which is enslaved and exploited by mankind. In time they rebel, laying siege to the strongholds of their former masters in a global war for supremacy.

R.U.R., or Rossum's Universal Robots, seen by many as a modern interpretation of the 'golem' myth, is regarded as the most important play in the history of SF. It introduced the word 'robot' and gave the genre one of its most enduring tropes.

  • ISBN10 0575099453
  • ISBN13 9780575099456
  • Publish Date 13 October 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Co
  • Imprint Gateway
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 368
  • Language English