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War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, an Read More..

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Description	War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, an intelligent breed of newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. They acquire human knowledge and rebel, leading to a global war for supremacy.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Peter Nicholls, Granada, 1981, ISBN 0-586-05380-8 There are obvious similarities to Čapek's earlier R.U.R., but also some original themes.War with the Newts was described as a "classic work" of science fiction by science fiction author and critic Damon Knight.Brian Attebery, "The Magazine Era" in The Cambridge Companion to Science Fictionedited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.ISBN 0521816262 (p. 45).
Description	War with the Newts (Válka s mloky in the original Czech), also translated as War with the Salamanders, is a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Pacific of a sea-dwelling race, an intelligent breed of newts, who are initially enslaved and exploited. They acquire human knowledge and rebel, leading to a global war for supremacy.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Peter Nicholls, Granada, 1981, ISBN 0-586-05380-8 There are obvious similarities to Čapek's earlier R.U.R., but also some original themes.War with the Newts was described as a "classic work" of science fiction by science fiction author and critic Damon Knight.Brian Attebery, "The Magazine Era" in The Cambridge Companion to Science Fictionedited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.ISBN 0521816262 (p. 45).

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Name	War with the Newts
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Authors	Karel Čapek
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Genre	Satirical science fiction novel
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Language	Czech
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Country	Czechoslovakia
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Pages	240 (1990 Catbird Press edition)
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Publisher	Fr. Borový, Prague
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