Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
36
Language
English
Published
Nov 11, 2015
Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1519222149
ISBN-13
9781519222145
Description
The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories (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.
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.
Genres
Science Fiction
Dystopian
History
Nature