![]() ![]() ![]() Two beautiful books by the amazing and underrated Czech author Karel apek. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood. Recommendations of the day for my pets: War with the newts and Rossums Universal Robots. War with the Newts by Karel Capek, Lewis Gannett (Introduction) 4.3 (3) Paperback 9.95 Hardcover 20.99 Paperback 9.95 eBook 1. ![]() Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. At its heart, this joyously funny satire is a plea for decency and tolerance towards others, as relevant now as when it was first written in the 1930s.Įnsemble. When humanity encounters another race of intelligent bipeds sharing the Earth, what choice is there but to exploit it? When the existence of a group of speaking newts comes to the attention of the ruthless GH Bondy and his Salamander Syndicate, they find themselves turned into a commodity as the nations fight over them. The newts are discovered living in the ocean, are exploited by the human race but then rebel, threatening the future of Earth. A satire that marries science fiction with political comment. ![]()
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