R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
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"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" by Karel Čapek is a science fiction play written in 1920. It introduced the word "robot" to the English language. The play is set in a factory that produces artificial workers from synthetic organic matter—living beings of flesh and blood who serve humanity. When Helena arrives to advocate for robot liberation, she encounters a world transformed by these artificial beings. But the very universality of robots may present
an unforeseen danger to humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Čapek, Karel, 1890-1938 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Playfair, Nigel, 1874-1934 |
| Translator | Selver, Paul, 1888-1970 |
| Title |
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) A Fantastic Melodrama in Three Acts and an Epilogue |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R. |
| Credits |
Produced by Tim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Robots -- Drama |
| Subject | Science fiction plays |
| Subject | Czech drama -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59112 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-59112-4 |
| Release Date | Mar 22, 2019 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6948 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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