9781449570132: The Machine Stops
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ISBN 10: 1449570135 ISBN 13: 9781449570132
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

The Machine Stops is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. The story is about a world in which many humans have lost the ability to live on the surface, and live underground. The story predicted a few technological and social innovations, such as the cinematophote (television) and videoconferencing.

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About the Author

Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect." Forster was gay, but this fact was not made public during his lifetime. His posthumously released novel Maurice tells of the coming of age of an explicitly gay male character.

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Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1449570135
ISBN 13 
9781449570132
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
66

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780141195988: The Machine Stops (Penguin Modern Classics)

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ISBN 10:  0141195983 ISBN 13:  9780141195988
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2011
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