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R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek (2004, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141182083
ISBN-139780141182087
eBay Product ID (ePID)5938920
Product Key Features
Book TitleR. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicClassics, European / General, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering
GenreDrama, Fiction
AuthorKarel Capek
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight3.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-061698
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsA great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.” (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.), “A great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic.â€� (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.), "A great writer of the past who speaks to the present in a voice brilliant, clear, honorable, blackly funny, and prophetic." (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)"
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal891.8/635
Grade ToUP
SynopsisA 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberPG5038.C3R213 2004
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