R. U. R. ( Rossum's Universal Robots )

( Czech - R. U. R. Rossumovi Univerzalni Roboti - 1920 )

play by Karel Capek

translated by Paul Selver

Published: Doubleday, Page & Company - hardback - 1923 ( US )
ISBN: none

Oxford University Press - paperback - 1923 ( UK )
ISBN: none

Oxford University Press - hardback - 1961 ( R.U.R. and The Insect Play )
ISBN: none

Washington Square Press - paperback - 1969 ( adapted by Nigel Playfair )
ISBN: none

Pocket Books - paperback - 1973 ( " " )
ISBN: none

Oxford University Press - trade paperback - 1982 ( R.U.R. and The Insect Play )
ISBN: 0192810103 / 9780192810106

Methuen Drama - paperback - 2000 ( Capek; Four Plays - R. U. R. / The Insect Play / Makropulos Case / The White Death )
ISBN: 0413771903 / 9780413771902

2000x - audio download - 2000
ASIN: B002SQ56AI

Penguin - paperback - 2004 ( translated by Claudia Nocack
ISBN: 0141182083 / 9780141182087

Penguin Classic - Kindle - 2004
ASIN: B001M0BUOM

Project Gutenberg - ebook - 2004
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BBC Audiobooks Ltd - CD - 2008
ISBN: 1408400456 / 9781408400456

BBC Audiobooks America - CD - 2010
ISBN: 160283816X / 9781602838161

The Echo Library - trade paperback - 2010 ( POD )
ISBN: 140686711X / 9781406867114

Hesperus Press - paperback - 2011 ( POD )
ISBN: 184391459X / 9781843914594

Theophania Publishing - trade paperback - 2011 ( POD )
ISBN: 1770833188 / 9781770833180

Amazon Media EU S.à r.l. - Kindle
ASIN: B00642C268 & B006MHUDCA

contained in The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics
Hanover House - hardback - 1954
ISBN: none

Science Fiction Thinking Machines
Vanguard Press - hardback - 1954
ISBN: none

Of Men and Machines
E. P. Dutton - paperback - 1963
ISBN: none

Science Fact / Fiction
Scott Foresman and Company - trade paperback - 1974
ISBN: 0673034070 / 9780673034076

The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces
Arbor House - hardback - 1983
ISBN: 0877954453 / 9780877954453

Priam Books / Arbor House - trade paperback - 1984
ISBN: 0877954461 / 9780877954460

Philosophy and Science Fiction
Prometheus Books - trade paperback - 1984
ISBN: 0879752483 / 9780879752484

Great Tales of Science Fiction ( abridged from The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces )
Galahad Books - hardback - 1985
ISBN: 0883657015 / 9780883657010

Epilogue ( as a story ) in The Road to Science Fiction 6 Around the World
White Wolf - paperback - 1998
ISBN: 1565041585 / 9781565041585

Excerpt in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Fred Obrecht - trade paperback - 1977
ISBN: 0812006518 / 9780812006513

omnibus edition ( RUR - War with the Newts )
Gollancz - trade paperback - 2011
ISBN: 0575099453 / 9780575099456


synopsis
The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people called "robots". Unlike the modern usage of the term, these creatures are closer to the modern idea of androids or even clones, as they can be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. They seem happy to work for humans, although that changes and a hostile robot rebellion leads to the extinction of the human race.

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