And One More Thrown in For Good Measure.
In one of his stories, a clerk is marginalized from society when his friends learn that he owns a 7-headed hydra. He included "The Bank Clerk's Tale" in his collection Nine Fair Tales: And One More Thrown in For Good Measure. One of this author's characters is spared from death because of his hands and later tells Damon and Radius that he can't make the secret of life in a test tube. In one of his plays, the longstanding court case of Gregor v Prus is manipulated by (*) Emila Marty, an opera singer who is 300 years old. This author of The Makropulos Case wrote a play in which Alquist's creations destroy humanity, including Harry Domin and Dr. Gall. For 10 points, name this author who introduced the word "robot" in his play R.U.R.
In one of his stories, a clerk is marginalized from society when his friends learn that he owns a 7-headed hydra.
Karel Čapek [pronounced "cha-pek," but be really lenient.]