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Creator vs creature. Humanity doomed. Diabolus ex machina. Pre-Asimov staff.
All that's nice, but it was weeak.

Read it only for the fab word.
Also Capek's a fav writer of mine anyway.
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Adaptation en roman-graphique d'une pièce de théâtre tchèque datant des années 1920. Texte où apparaît le terme «robot», dérivé de «travail forcé» en tchèque.

La reflexion qui se déploie sur la nature humaine (et les rapports genrés) en lien avec le travail et la re/production est très intéressante. J'ai bien aimé la façon dont les dessins de l'environnement se module et se déforme (plus ou moins intensément) en fonction des événements qui se déroulent. L'utilisation des couleurs rappelle presque celle du cinéma giallo.
challenging reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
dark hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

An incredibly prescient play for 1920 but also highly revealing of the times. Kind of a weird story overall and not honestly *great* by modern standards, but an important piece of science fiction history.
reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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challenging reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes