The Absolute at Large
( Czech - Tovarna na absolutno - 1922 )
novel by Karel Capek
translator uncredited
Published: MacMillan - hardback - 1927
ISBN: none
George Allen & Unwin - hardback - 1944
ISBN: none
Hyperion Press - hardback - 1974
ISBN: 0883551047 / 9780883551042
Hyperion Press - trade paperback - 1974
ISBN: 0883551330 / 9780883551332
Garland Publishing - hardback - 1975
ISBN: 0824014030 / 9780824014032
University of Nebraska Press ( Bison Books ) - paperback - 2005 ( POD )
ISBN: 0803264593 / 9780803264595
Read Books - paperback - 2006 ( POD )
ISBN: 1406734500 / 9781406734508
Herperides Press - hardback - 2008 ( POD )
ISBN: 1443725315 / 9781443725316
Kindle
ASIN: B004XNNFNY
abridged version was published in:
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels ( translated by Thomas Mark )
Delacorte Press - hardback - 1974 ( US )
ISBN: none
Gollancz - hardback - 1965 ( UK )
ISBN: none
Dell - paperback - 1965
ISBN: none
Mayflower - paparback - 1968
ISBN: none ( 0583111637 / 9780583111638 in 1970 reprint )
synopsis
In this satirical classic, a brilliant scientist invents the Karburator, a reactor that can create abundant and practically free energy. However, the Karburator's superefficient energy production also yields a powerful by-product. The machine works by completely annihilating matter and in so doing releases the Absolute, the spiritual essence held within all matter, into the world. Infected by the heady, pure Absolute, the world's population becomes consumed with religious and national fervor, the effects of which ultimately cause a devastating global war. Set in the mid-twentieth century, The Absolute at Large questions the ethics and rampant spread of power, mass production, and atomic weapons that Karel Capek saw in the technological and political revolutions occurring around him.
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( Czech - Tovarna na absolutno - 1922 )
novel by Karel Capek
translator uncredited
Published: MacMillan - hardback - 1927
ISBN: none
George Allen & Unwin - hardback - 1944
ISBN: none
Hyperion Press - hardback - 1974
ISBN: 0883551047 / 9780883551042
Hyperion Press - trade paperback - 1974
ISBN: 0883551330 / 9780883551332
Garland Publishing - hardback - 1975
ISBN: 0824014030 / 9780824014032
University of Nebraska Press ( Bison Books ) - paperback - 2005 ( POD )
ISBN: 0803264593 / 9780803264595
Read Books - paperback - 2006 ( POD )
ISBN: 1406734500 / 9781406734508
Herperides Press - hardback - 2008 ( POD )
ISBN: 1443725315 / 9781443725316
Kindle
ASIN: B004XNNFNY
abridged version was published in:
A Century of Great Short Science Fiction Novels ( translated by Thomas Mark )
Delacorte Press - hardback - 1974 ( US )
ISBN: none
Gollancz - hardback - 1965 ( UK )
ISBN: none
Dell - paperback - 1965
ISBN: none
Mayflower - paparback - 1968
ISBN: none ( 0583111637 / 9780583111638 in 1970 reprint )
synopsis
In this satirical classic, a brilliant scientist invents the Karburator, a reactor that can create abundant and practically free energy. However, the Karburator's superefficient energy production also yields a powerful by-product. The machine works by completely annihilating matter and in so doing releases the Absolute, the spiritual essence held within all matter, into the world. Infected by the heady, pure Absolute, the world's population becomes consumed with religious and national fervor, the effects of which ultimately cause a devastating global war. Set in the mid-twentieth century, The Absolute at Large questions the ethics and rampant spread of power, mass production, and atomic weapons that Karel Capek saw in the technological and political revolutions occurring around him.
awards
.....