num_pages: 241
description: Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood.
language: English
title: War with the Newts
titlecomplete: War with the Newts
characters: Miss Judy, Captain John van Toch, Mr. Valenta, Pat Dingle, Thomas Greggs, Baseball Fred, Abe Loeb, Lily Valley, Frantik Povondra, G.H. Bondy, Andrew Scheuchzer, Chief Salamander, Mr. Povondra, Jens Jensen, Mr. Golombek
genres: Humor, Novels, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Classics, Fantasy, Czech Literature, Fiction, War, 20th Century
ratings_count: 13389
publisher: Bantam Books (NY)