The Machine Stops - Softcover

Forster, E M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1984174681 ISBN 13: 9781984174680

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

"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. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.The story, set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide their needs, predicted technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1984174681
• ISBN 13: 9781984174680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 37