[Gutenberg 59112] • R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) / A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue
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- Authors
- Čapek, Karel
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Tags
- science fiction , robots -- drama , science fiction plays , czech drama -- translations into english , classics
- ISBN
- 9780573614972
- Date
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.31 MB
- Lang
- en
R.U.R.--written in 1920--garnered worldwide acclaim for its author & popularized the word "Robot". Mass-produced, efficient & servile labor, Čapek's Robots remember everything, but lack creative thought, & the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must attempt to learn the secret of self-duplication. But their attempts at replication leave them with nothing but bloody chunks of meat. It's not until two robots fall in love & are christened "Adam" & "Eve" by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant.