Literary Hub » Karel Čapek

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

How Literature Predicted and Portrayed the Atom Bomb

Dorian Lynskey on Pierrepoint B. Noyes, H.G. Wells, and the “Superweapons” of Early Science-Fiction

By Dorian Lynskey | January 28, 2025

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

Jitka Čejková Commemorates the Centennial of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson">From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 12, 2022

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

By Walker Caplan | February 18, 2021

Have Robots... Always Been With Us?

Have Robots... Always Been With Us?

Rebecca Morgan Frank on Books by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth King, Karel Čapek, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | February 17, 2021

Still Haven't Taken Over"> It's Been 100 Years and the Robots <em

It's Been 100 Years and the Robots <em

Still Haven't Taken Over">

Still Haven't Taken Over">It's Been 100 Years and the Robots Still Haven't Taken Over

From Karel Čapek to Isaac Asimov, a Brief History of Machine Anxiety

By Roslynn D. Haynes | August 28, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

A Brief Literary History of Robots

By Emily Temple | April 6, 2017