This novel parodies icons like Mae West and George Bernard Shaw by supplying their responses, Clickhole-style, to a survey about the immortal soul. In this novel, Francis Drake and the Marquis de Sade discuss the threat of (15[1])a superior “Baltic” race theorized by Dr. Hans Thuring. This novel depicts Oswald Spengler as the ridiculous author Wolf Meynert. The papers of Mr. (*) Povondra make up much of the second section of this novel, a supplemental chapter (-5[1])of which analyzes the sex life of (10[1])the title characters. The title characters of this novel, who conspire to flood most of the Earth in pursuit of lebensraum, first contact (-5[1])humans after their discovery by Captain van (10[1])Toch. For 10 points, name this Karel (10[1])Čapek novel depicting the conquest (10[1])of the world by salamanders. ■END■