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R.U.R.

R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions).

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Genre
Science fiction
Date
2 January 1921
Original language
Czech
Written by
Karel Čapek

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R.U.R.

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R.U.R.

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related to Adaptations · 82
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related to In popular culture · 78
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related to history · 31
R.U.R. → After, Alquist's, An, Aventinum, Britain, British, By, Canada, Damon, English, He, January, Later, Lawrence Langner's, London, Lord Chamberlain's Office, National Theatre, New York Theatre Guild, Nigel Playfair, One
related to Critical reception · 18
R.U.R. → Asimov's, Burien, English, In, Isaac Asimov, It, Jarka, John Clute, Laws, Luciano Floridi, New York, On, Philosophically, Reviewing, Robot, Robotics, The Forum, Three Laws
related to Prologue (Act I in the Selver translation) · 17
R.U.R. → After, By, Domin, General Manager, God, He, Helena, Here, Humanity, In, League, Rossum, Rossum's Universal Robots, The, They, While, Young Rossum
related to External links · 13
R.U.R. → Archived, Czech, English, Internet Broadway Database, LibriVox, March, Online, Project GutenbergAudio, Project GutenbergR, Rossum's Universal Robots, SCI-FI-LONDON, Standard Ebooks, Wayback MachineKarel
Date · 1
R.U.R. → 2 January 1921
Genre · 1
R.U.R. → Science fiction
Original language · 1
R.U.R. → Czech
Written by · 1
R.U.R. → Karel Čapek

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