The Machine Stops

Forster, E M

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ISBN 10: 1984174681 ISBN 13: 9781984174680

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"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.The story, set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide their needs, predicted technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.

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Title: The Machine Stops
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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