Tovarna na absolutno is a science fiction novel written by Czech author Karel Capek in 1922. The first sentence opens the story on New Year's Day 1943, and describes the fundamental transformations in society as the result of a new mystical source of virtually free energy. The story centers on the invention of a reactor that can annihilate matter to produce cheap and abundant energy. Unfortunately, it produces something else as a by-product, the absolute."

Part of the Noetic Trilogy dealing with how people can draw different conclusions from the same set of circumstances. In Meteor a man is dragged from the wreckage of a plane with no papers and dies in front of three witnesses who each deal with the death in their own way.

In Capek's Obycejny zivot a retired railway officer describes his "ordinary life" in memoirs Gradually, he comes to the realisation that he is actually composed of many competing personalities which all contribute to his eventual fate. This is the third book in Capek's Noetic Trilogy. The other two works, Hordubal and Povetron are also available from JiaHu Books.

Originally produced on Broadway by The Theatre Guild, R. U. R. is now considered a classic of science fiction. Credited with introducing the word "robot" into the English language, the play is a dramatic and fascinating look into the lives of the scientists who invite and manufacture a working class of robots. Over time, the robots develop beyond the expectations of the scientists and acquire human feelings. They start a revolt, taking over the world, until every human, but one, is extinct.

R.U.R. es una obra teatral escrita en 1921 y estrenada ese mismo ano en Praga y en 1922 en Nueva York, cosechando un exito mundial. Una de las obras claves de la ciencia ficcion moderna, no solo introdujo el termino "robot" en el lenguaje popular, sino que ademas explora las diversas vertientes entre los hombres y sus creaciones artificiales. Aunque los robots de Capek estan mas cerca de nuestra actual definicion de cyborg, o incluso de clones, son en el fondo unas simples maquinas disenadas para servir, pero no para pensar. Aunque felices de vivir en su particular Utopia, pronto los robots...