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War with the Newts (European Classics) pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
Orwell meets Vonnegut in the simultaneously hilarious and chilling masterpiece from the man who invented the word “robot”
This legendary but previously hard-to-get novel is a hilarious dystopian satire about the choice between ecological catastrophe and making your quarterly financial goals. As both a commentary on capitalism and the rise of fascism, as well as an early work of science fiction, it is one of the most important books of the twentieth century.
When the curmudgeonly sailor Captain von Toch discovers a breed of large, intelligent newts in far-off Polynesia, he realizes that, with a little training, they could be used as a virtual army of complacent pearl-divers in shark-infested waters. Then von Toch’s financial backers realize that the newts can be trained for all kinds of underwater civil engineering projects, or to build new islands, even to defend shorelines—wielding weapons, no less!
There’s only one problem: released from their previous environment, the newts replicate like, well, aqua-bunnies. And soon they aren’t so complacent anymore.
Acclaimed by many as the first dystopian novel, and others as the best book of science fiction ever written, Karel Capek’s masterpiece remains all that and more: smart, funny, and relevant.
卡・恰佩克(1890-1938) 是捷克现代著名的科学幻想作家。他的作品以构思独特、体裁新颖、情节离奇而著称。
一般来说,此书是一部政治讽刺小说,可是我觉得这样理解实在过于简单,此书完全可以进行多重分析和理解。 首先,鲵鱼可以看成黑人奴隶的象征,刚开始时黑人也被认为没有灵魂,简单来说“黑人不是人”,这与书中的“鲵鱼到底是鲵鱼”真是绝妙对句。所以鲵鱼是会呼吸的工...
评分卡雷尔·恰佩克的小说《鲵鱼之乱》发表于1936年。可以说在捷克这是第一部有世界影响力的长篇小说,或者说,科幻小说?或许作家本人会提出意见(就如冯内古特一样)。在1936年捷克广播电台的一次广播中,他说道:“是这种与人类历史,而且与最真实的人类历史的对照,促使我坐到...
评分卡雷尔·恰佩克的小说《鲵鱼之乱》发表于1936年。可以说在捷克这是第一部有世界影响力的长篇小说,或者说,科幻小说?或许作家本人会提出意见(就如冯内古特一样)。在1936年捷克广播电台的一次广播中,他说道:“是这种与人类历史,而且与最真实的人类历史的对照,促使我坐到...
评分卡雷尔·恰佩克的小说《鲵鱼之乱》发表于1936年。可以说在捷克这是第一部有世界影响力的长篇小说,或者说,科幻小说?或许作家本人会提出意见(就如冯内古特一样)。在1936年捷克广播电台的一次广播中,他说道:“是这种与人类历史,而且与最真实的人类历史的对照,促使我坐到...
War with the Newts (European Classics) pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024