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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。
这本书很有意思,81年第一版,99年第一次印刷,我不知道这十八年来发生了什么,但是足够一个小孩出生并长大。 前言很明显的带有八十年代初的政治色彩,强调阶级,强调剥削和资本主义。但是翻译的确还不错,很多术语也是那个年代用的,现在在改变,但是现在读起这种词语并不觉...
评分 评分前言很明显的带有八十年代初的政治色彩,强调阶级,强调剥削和资本主义。但是翻译的确还不错,很多术语也是那个年代用的,现在在改变,但是现在读起这种词语并不觉得突兀。整个翻译并不生硬,但是保留了欧洲传统的味道在里面。 再说说内容。作者是卡.恰佩克...
评分 评分今天天气不错,挺风和日丽的,反正没什么事,于是泡到图书馆看书去了。顺着阅览室的铁梯子,叮叮当当,爬上爬下,找到了捷克作家卡·恰佩克的《鲵鱼之乱》。 这部小说适合拍成电影或者多幕话剧。每一章都是一个不同的场景,很会替编剧考虑。书评上说,这本书可以和《动物庄园...
War with the Newts (European Classics) pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024