[English] The War with the Newts by Karel Capek

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[English] The War with the Newts by Karel Capek

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The War with the Newts by Karel Capek (1890-1938)
Published: 1936 (Cz) & (tr M Weatherall & R Weatherall) 1937

This is a satirical science fiction novel, which 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.

E-text (tr David Wyllie)
The War with the Newts (Wiki)
Karel Capek (Wiki)
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