The Machine Stops
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20Th Century British Literature Classics Dystopia Fantasy Fiction Literature Science Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Short Stories
Publisher: Feedbooks
Published: Nov 2, 1909
Language: Unknown
20Th Century British Literature Classics Dystopia Fantasy Fiction Literature Science Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Short Stories
Publisher: Feedbooks
Published: Nov 2, 1909
Description:
The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review in 1909, the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. The story, set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide their needs, predicted new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.