It’s always a gamble to try a 1930s sci fi. Especially when it is in addition a satire on global politics. And especially when the author is mostly famous for a another book (Actually a play, RUR, which gave us the word robot). The heavy emphasis on lizards is also not a good sign.
This was a gamble that paid off. WAR WITH THE NEWTS is a very strange, very contemporary book, that is made up of bits and pieces of news reports, scientific studies, and ordinary narrative. It begins with the discovery of some large undersea lizards, whose population is kept small by shark attacks. A crusty old sea captain discovers they are teachable, and once they have knives, the shark problem is very much handled and their population explodes. Humans find lots of uses for the newts, especially in construction and manufacturing.
Being humans, we also of course conduct terrible experiments on them, or try to educate them, or get them to cover their genitals. Slowly it becomes clear to everyone that the newts are building up armaments under water, but the countries can’t agree to do anything about it, as they are all solving for short term self-interest rather than long term human survival. It doesn’t end well.
I find it interesting that Capek wrote it as a satire in the lead up to the Second World War, because it is depressingly relevant to the following current problems: imperialism, Trump, climate change. Especially climate change. I guess we don’t change so much.
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