appelsientjie 's review for:

R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, Paul Selver, Nigel Playfair

4.0

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I really liked this book, but more because of its position in literature than because of the actual book. The characters didn't really speak to me, but it was amazing to read the first time the word 'robot' got mentioned, and how Capek envisioned this. It got all the classics of a robot tale: robot uprising, love interests, men who want money, women who want freedom for the robots. The end wasn't as dark as I'm used to with robot stories, and I actually like that: it's good to know that the very first robots didn't end in a disaster. To quote Jurassic Park: life always finds a way.