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Machine Stops (version 3)

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Machine Stops (version 3)

E. M. Forster

"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. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. ( Summary by Wikipedia )

Year of Publication: 1909Genres: Science Fiction
Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes 38 seconds(3 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: Elizabeth Klett
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2 - The Mending Apparatus
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3 - The Homeless
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