Long before there was Terminator and Skynet, there was R.U.R., the Czech classic that gave us the word “robot”.

The R.U.R. Factory, far from humanity on its own island, has produced the perfect product: Robots! Devoid of pain, love, and all human emotion, never tiring, never bored, unfazed by death they are the ideal worker for modern-day society!

All of this is about to change, and
only Helena can see it. She is condemned to remain alone in her dread, as all of society embraces the robots and the automatons’ presence increases. However, there has been a glitch in the programming. All of our assumptions may have been wrong. The robots may indeed feel pain. They may harbor passions and hatred, and the Robot Revolution may be near!

As retold and drawn by the young, award-winning Czech graphic novelist, Katerina Cupová, this seminal dystopian work by Karel Čapek (which gave us the word “robot”) makes the reader question the notions of work and progress and humanity itself. Through Cupová’s deft hand, R.U.R. Is a sight to behold.

Author Biography

Kateřina Čupová is a Czech
animator and comic book artist and a graduate from the renowned
Department of Animation at the Tomás Baťa University in Zlín.
Many of her works have been published in magazines and comic
anthologies. Her webcomic, The Author’s Apprentice, was
published as a graphic novel following a successful Kickstarter
campaign. In 2022, she won the Muriel Award for Best Children’s Comic
for her adaptation of Hrnečku vař! and for Best Short
Comic for “The Horseshoe Meets Haha-Bimbi.” Previously,
she was also nominated for her comic book adaptation of
Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

Julie Nováková (*1991) is an award-winning Czech author, editor, translator, scientist, and educator. Her work has appeared in Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, Analog, and elsewhere, and has been translated into multiple languages. She also translates Czech stories into English (in Tor.com, Strange Horizons, F&SF, and elsewhere) and has edited or co-edited five anthologies, the most recent one being Life Beyond Us (Laksa Media & European Astrobiology Institute, 2023).

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