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>>1922466
>>1922467
Me again. Finished up Jakob von Gunten and also read R.U.R. by Karel Capek.

Jakob von Gunten was extremely enjoyable to me. I love reading in bursts, so the diary entry-type format really appealed to me. I also loved how most of the sections were more or less just vignettes, with the protagonist giving his musings and judgements on his classmates, the city, customs, and life in general. All that while still moving the plot forward and creating a very interesting, if not terribly relatable, character. Towards the end it got especially involving, with the dream sequences and the final agreement and promise of a life to be lived fully.

R.U.R. I thought was a very interesting play, even beyond the fact that it was the first instance of the word robot. It seems like it at least superficially hints at most of the robot-humanity themes that Asimov and others cover later on in sci-fi. And the last act and the epilogue are especially dramatic and meaningful (and full of very creepy imagery). Would love to see it performed sometime in my life.