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Rossum's Universal Robots, the 1921 Czech play that gave the world the word robot, in a slim paperback printing of Karel Capek's R.U.R.
Capek's play introduced the word robot and the word outlived the play. It still gets assigned in schools, and readers report it quick to read and heavier than it looks.
The play
Science fiction before the label existed, written as drama rather than as a novel, with more to argue about afterwards than its length suggests.
About this edition
This is an independently printed paperback of the English text. Several buyers report stretches of dialogue missing compared with other editions, so if you need a complete text for study, check before you commit.
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