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Rossum's Universal Robots

Karel Capek, Claudia Novack-Jones, Ivan Klima

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Penguin US
30 March 2004

Dance & Performing arts; Literary studies: general; Science fiction; Robots

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.

By: Karel Capek
Introduction by: Ivan Klima
Translated by: Claudia Novack-Jones
Imprint: Penguin US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 96g
ISBN: 9780141182087
ISBN 10: 0141182083
Pages: 84
Publication Date: 30 March 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active