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nikol's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
books_and_keys's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
cesarbustios's review against another edition
2.0
"El poder del hombre ha caído. Al hacernos dueños de la fábrica nos hacemos dueños de todo lo demás. La era del hombre ha terminado. Se abre una nueva era, la de los robots."
La obra teatral no es realmente buena pero creo que tiene muchas cosas que valen la pena mencionar: fue escrita en 1920, en 1921 hacía su primera aparición en Praga y en 1922 en Nueva York; ha quedado inmortalizada por contener la primera aparición de la palabra "robot", que fue creada por su hermano Josef a partir de la palabra checa "robota" que significa "trabajo"; los robots inician una revolución que acaba destruyendo a la humanidad, el capítulo final tiene todo el estilo "last man on earth" que me gustó.
La opresión parece ser un tema recurrente en las obras de Capek aunque ninguna de las dos que he leído ha terminado por convencerme.
La obra teatral no es realmente buena pero creo que tiene muchas cosas que valen la pena mencionar: fue escrita en 1920, en 1921 hacía su primera aparición en Praga y en 1922 en Nueva York; ha quedado inmortalizada por contener la primera aparición de la palabra "robot", que fue creada por su hermano Josef a partir de la palabra checa "robota" que significa "trabajo"; los robots inician una revolución que acaba destruyendo a la humanidad, el capítulo final tiene todo el estilo "last man on earth" que me gustó.
La opresión parece ser un tema recurrente en las obras de Capek aunque ninguna de las dos que he leído ha terminado por convencerme.
wandering_not_lost's review against another edition
4.0
So interesting to read 100-year old ideas on synthetic life. The take is, as you might expect, quite dated in places (particularly around the female characters), and its creativity is diluted some because we've had 100 years of fiction on robots since. Still, this was an interesting read, with dry jokes and emotional moments that land and well, despite its age.
amavel04's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
bochnicek's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
paycheck_stevens's review against another edition
3.75
A quick read. All of the existential and philosophical questions raised here are explored in a very abbreviated manner given that this is a play script coming in around 80 pages. Some very interesting thoughts proposed here about what it means to be human. Those thoughts develop alongside an exploration of what seeking various motivations to their ideal finish would bring about in the world. What if materialism was perfected so that nothing more was needed. What if authority was perfected so that each man was his own and only? What if pastoral nostalgia was perfected so that the so-called life of simplicity of yore could return? A brief dystopian future where each character’s ideals have become perverted in some way during the mass-production of robots rounds out act 3, and we see that maybe man can become God, but at what cost?
I have read very little about Capek, so I am interested to see if he believed that the “progress” of society unfolded in cycles of development and ruin like the play. Some stereotyping occurs in the play, nothing shocking for the 1920’s but I guess you should avoid reading this if you can't handle that? At times I had to re-read because some events seemed non-sequitur. That was my only main complaint with the play, and I expect part of it is due to the time constraints of writing a play to be performed instead of a novel or short story. If you read Frankenstein and you liked the mild horror of seeing a dreadful possibility become reality, then I suspect you will like reading this as well.
I have read very little about Capek, so I am interested to see if he believed that the “progress” of society unfolded in cycles of development and ruin like the play. Some stereotyping occurs in the play, nothing shocking for the 1920’s but I guess you should avoid reading this if you can't handle that? At times I had to re-read because some events seemed non-sequitur. That was my only main complaint with the play, and I expect part of it is due to the time constraints of writing a play to be performed instead of a novel or short story. If you read Frankenstein and you liked the mild horror of seeing a dreadful possibility become reality, then I suspect you will like reading this as well.
suvranshu03's review
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0