R.U.R.
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. 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.
349 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2011 by Gollancz · ISBN 9780575099456
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2 editions
English
- R.U.R. · Gollancz · 2011 · ISBN 9780575099456 · 1 reader This page
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- R.U.R.: rossum's Universal Robots : kolektivní drama o vstupní komedii a třech dějstvích · 1966
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