APOCALYPSE REVISITED
Karel Capek's nightmarish drama R.U.R. took audiences by storm when it premiered in Prague in 1921 - within three years it had been translated into thirty languages and seen in productions all over the world. Now Christopher Conlon, "one of the preeminent names in contemporary literary horror" (Booklist), reinvents this theatrical classic for a new generation, creating a fresh and different take on Capek's unforgettable vision of the end of human civilization.
Bram Stoker Award winner Christopher Conlon is the author of Savaging the Dark and A Matrix of Angels, among other novels, and the editor of He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
"Conlon is a consummate literary artist...His insight is rare."
- George Clayton Johnson, author of Twilight Zone Scripts and Stories
"Conlon has a major talent...with a marvelous artistic grasp of the joys, pains, and sorrows of this world we all inhabit. He is a superb writer."
- William F. Nolan, co-author of Logan's Run
Genre: Science Fiction
Karel Capek's nightmarish drama R.U.R. took audiences by storm when it premiered in Prague in 1921 - within three years it had been translated into thirty languages and seen in productions all over the world. Now Christopher Conlon, "one of the preeminent names in contemporary literary horror" (Booklist), reinvents this theatrical classic for a new generation, creating a fresh and different take on Capek's unforgettable vision of the end of human civilization.
Bram Stoker Award winner Christopher Conlon is the author of Savaging the Dark and A Matrix of Angels, among other novels, and the editor of He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
"Conlon is a consummate literary artist...His insight is rare."
- George Clayton Johnson, author of Twilight Zone Scripts and Stories
"Conlon has a major talent...with a marvelous artistic grasp of the joys, pains, and sorrows of this world we all inhabit. He is a superb writer."
- William F. Nolan, co-author of Logan's Run
Genre: Science Fiction
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