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: G.H. Bondy, Pat Dingle, Miss Judy, Abe Loeb, Mr. Povondra, Chief Salamander, Andrew Scheuchzer, Mr. Valenta, Jens Jensen, Frantik Povondra, Mr. Golombek, Lily Valley, Baseball Fred, Captain John van Toch, Thomas Greggs
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, War, Humor, Czech Literature, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, 20th Century
ratings_count: 13382
publisher: Catbird Press