The Machine Stops
In 1909 E.M Forster imagined an automated dystopia deep beneath Earth’s surface. The Machine provided generations of people with everything they could ever want or need. Tubes and wires connected countless isolated pods all over the world, each housing a person who spent their days sharing ideas with others through a screen. This century-old tale predicted our reliance on technological convenience and foresaw technologies such as the internet, social media, video chat, international air travel, and artificial intelligence.
76 pages, 5 editions
English edition · First published 2013 by Ox Press · ISBN 9781959149996
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Editions
5 editions
English
- The Machine Stops · Ox Press · 2022 · ISBN 9781959149996 This page
- The Machine Stops: For Fans of Black Mirror, 1984 and Brave New World: Meet the Story That Started It All. The Dystopian Sci-Fi Classic That Predicted the Future A.I. Technocracy · Nielsen UK ISBN · 2025 · ISBN 9781917598651
- The Machine Stops · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2017 · ISBN 9781978262522
- Machine Stops: A Science Fiction Classic · Wildside Press, LLC · 2013 · ISBN 9781299686588
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- The Machine Stops · 1909
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