R.U.R. - Rossum's Universal Robots. A play by Karel Capek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Čapek), a Czech author who was active in the early part of the 20th century. Contrary to Wikipedia, he was not known primarily for science fiction. A prolific and imaginative writer, his contributions include short stories, plays and novels. RUR is best known outside of the Czech Republic because it introduced the word 'robot' - derived from the Czech word 'robota' - meaning hard, menial labour. Check out RUR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.U.R) and enjoy this writer's incredible imagination and humour.
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