{"166391":{"#nid":"166391","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Sci Fi Lab Presents Capek\u0027s Play","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Thursday, November 1, the Sci Fi Lab will present an original adaptation of Karel Capek\u0027s *RUR: Rossum\u0027s Universal Robots.* Written in 1920 and first produced a year later, *RUR* introduced the word \u0022robot\u0022 to the English language. One of the first and most influential plays in this history of science fiction, *RUR* inspired later representations of artificial humans including the replicants in Ridley Scott\u0027s *Blade Runner* and the Cylons in the new *Battlestar Galactica.* Other references to Capek and his groundbreaking play appear in *Dollhouse,* *Star TRek:TOS,* *Batman: The Animated Series,* *The Outer Limits,* and *Futurama.* So tune in and experience a piece of science fiction history!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOriginally created and supervised by LMC professor Lisa Yaszek, the Sci Fi Lab is a student-run, joint production of the School of Literature, Media and Communication, the Georgia Tech Library and WREK radio. Listeners in the Atlanta area can tune in live every Thursday night from 7-8 pm; listeners further afield can stream us at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wrek.org\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.wrek.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Sci Fi Lab is a weekly talk show dedicated to \u0022the best in everything science fiction\u0022 and is a joint production of LMC, the Georgia Tech Library, and WREK Radio.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"*RUR:Rossum\u0027s Universal Robots* Introduced Word Robot to English Language"}],"uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2012-10-29 16:36:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:00:59","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-11-01T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-11-01T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-11-01T21:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-11-02 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-11-02 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-11-02 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"48271","name":"popular culture"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"},{"id":"167171","name":"science fiction"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}