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The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster
Jerome Lawsen
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The Machine Stops is a science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and are threatened with "Homelessness". Eventually, the Machine apocalyptically collapses, and the civilization of the Machine comes to an end.

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Publisher: Author's Republic Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781518939464
  • File size: 37328 KB
  • Release date: January 25, 2017
  • Duration: 01:17:45

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  • ISBN: 9781518939464
  • File size: 37331 KB
  • Release date: January 25, 2017
  • Duration: 01:18:46
  • Number of parts: 1

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Classic Literature Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction

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The Machine Stops is a science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and are threatened with "Homelessness". Eventually, the Machine apocalyptically collapses, and the civilization of the Machine comes to an end.

Expand title description text
Classic Literature Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Author's Republic
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781518939464
    File size: 37328 KB
    Release date: January 25, 2017
    Duration: 01:17:45

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781518939464
    File size: 37331 KB
    Release date: January 25, 2017
    Duration: 01:18:46
    Number of parts: 1

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    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English