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    R.U.R.

    The Robot Uprising Turns 70 Today

    By Charlie Jane Anders, 1:00 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008, 507 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)

    rur.jpgToday is the 70th anniversary of science fiction on television. On Feb. 11, 1938, the BBC broadcast its adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., about androids that rise up against their human creators. Capek's play is the origin of the word "robot," which comes from the Slovak work "robota," meaning work. [ComicMix]

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