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War with the Newts

Karel Čapek

Start date: December 1, 2024

Finish date: December 31, 2024

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* December 2024 - War with the Newts (Spoilers Tagged)
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Dec 18, 2024 Ed Erwin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf

Bleakly funny dark satire written on the eve of WWII. Man discovers a new and easily exploitable almost-human species and exploits it until it inevitably fights back. The style is clever, using newspaper clips and excerpts from other media to make it feel more real. This also makes it difficult to format the book.

Warning: Since this is in the public domain (in some countries) there are some very bad editions out there. The version that I bought is one of the worst. (At least I hope there aren't ...more

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Dec 27, 2020 Asaria rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: stars-4, science-fiction, classics, literature-czech, 1001-books-to-read-before-you-die, 2020

Literatura nigdy nie powstaje z niczego w oderwaniu od całości. Porównawałabym ją do drzewa, z którego wyrastają coraz to większe i liczniejsze odnogi. Podobnie jest z Inwazją Jaszczurów. Czuć styl lat 20 i 30 ubiegłego wieku. Jeżeli ktoś czytał powieści z tego nurtu napisanych przez współczesnych autorowi, to od razu zauważy podobieństwa w warstwie językowej i konstrukcji powieści.

Wówczas dosyć popularnym środkiem było wykorzystywanie różnych mediów - eseje, artykuły prasowe czy też zaczając og ...more

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Aug 27, 2021 Becky rated it liked it

Shelves: translation

I was into the premise of this novel but just could never get excited about reading it, as the plot wandered across the world and many minor characters. By the end it paid off my relatively short time investment alright.

Cw for slurs, mentions of rape and suicide.

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Sep 12, 2015 Alessandro Speciale rated it it was amazing

An extraordinary tale of power and imagination. It has the political depth of all great alternate histories, the human flair and touch to bring the big ideas to life, a pervasive humor that is both light-hearted and tragic. This book was written in 1936 and its modernity, its value as a book today and not just a sci-fi's prehistory, is astounding. Wholeheartedly recommended ...more

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