| R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) Contributor(s): Capek, Karel (Author), Novack-Jones, Claudia (Translator), Klima, Ivan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141182083 ISBN-13: 9780141182087 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: R.U.R.written in 1920, premiered in Prague in 1921, and first performed in New York in 1922garnered worldwide acclaim for its author and popularized the word "robot," Mass-produced as efficient laborers to serve man, Capeks Robots are an android productthey remember everything but think of nothing new. But the Utopian life they provide ultimately lacks meaning, and the humans they serve stop reproducing. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must strain to learn the secret of self-duplication. It is not until two Robots fall in love and are christened Adam and Eve by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Science Fiction - Genetic Engineering - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction |
| Dewey: 891.862 |
| LCCN: 2003061698 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5" W x 7.74" (0.20 lbs) 84 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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--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. When the Robots revolt, killing all but one of their masters, they must strain to learn the secret of self-duplication. It is not until two Robots fall in love and are christened "Adam" and "Eve" by the last surviving human that Nature emerges triumphant. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |