text: A novel by this author contains chapters describing "the Massacre of the Coconut Isles" and "the Skirmish in Normandy.
full_question: A novel by this author contains chapters describing "the Massacre of the Coconut Isles" and "the Skirmish in Normandy." This author's recurring character G.H. Bondy sells thousands of free-energy- producing Karburators in one novel, and in another finances a pearl-fishing business involving the title creatures that is organized by Captain van Toch. A play by this man opens with a man dictating to his secretary (*) Sulla and later suddenly proposing to a representative of the League of Humanity. That play by this man ends with Alquist trying to recreate a formula burned by Helena and dubbing Primus and Helena the new Adam and Eve. For 10 points, name this author of The Absolute at Large and The War with the Newts, a Czech writer who introduced the term "robot" in R.U.R.
first_sentence: A novel by this author contains chapters describing "the Massacre of the Coconut Isles" and "the Skirmish in Normandy.
raw_answer: Karel Capek ["cha-peck", but literal English readings are also acceptable]