The Machine Stops (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781718859975)

In this short science fiction story, Forster 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.

Author: E. M. Forster
ISBN-10: 171885997X
ISBN-13: 9781718859975
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2018
Pages: 38
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.14lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.08d