Krakatit
Автор:
Karel ČapekЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2026-08-11Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
100
Description
An engineer named Prokop discovers a terrifying new explosive: one that releases the energy stored in matter itself. Though dazed by his discovery, Prokop immediately sees the dangers that this explosive will bring; but as others become aware of his discovery, they instead see a rare opportunity.
Part science fiction, part romance, and part satire, Prokop’s ensuing adventures are full of symbolism and surreal dreamlike encounters. Through Prokop, Čapek explores the relation of science to truth, and the moral responsibilities of scientists.
Though it was...
Description
R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them with science-fiction and dystopian themes. R.U.R. is perhaps the most well-known of these works in the English-speaking world because it brought the word “robot” into the language. “Robot” is derived from the Czech word meaning “worker.”
The play is set in the island headquarters of the R.U.R. corporation. The corporation has been manufacturing artificial beings which resemble humans, but who are tireless workers. They can be mass-produced in large numbers and are being adopted...
The Absolute at Large
Автор:
Karel ČapekЖанр:
Дата добавления:
2024-10-24Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
50
Description
The Czech writer Karel Čapek wrote his novel Továrna na absolutno in 1922. It was translated into English and published by Macmillan in 1927 as The Absolute at Large. The novel is a satirical piece of science fiction, and starts with the invention of an “atomic engine” in the future year 1943 which can convert matter directly into energy. Such engines can operate machinery for months from a single bucket of coal. But the inventor quickly discovers that his engine has an unfortunate side-effect: It generates pure divinity as a waste product. The consequences of the wide-spread adoption of the new engines therefore gives rise to unexpected complications in human...
