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The Machine Stops
- Author
- Edward Morgan Forster
- Narrator
- Edward Miller
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Publish Date
- 15 December 2016
- Run Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Sports fiction
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- Author
- Edward Morgan Forster
- Narrator
- Edward Miller
- Duration
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 December 2016
- ISBN
- 4250701998847
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Audioliterature
- Genre
- Sports fiction
Synopsis
The Machine Stops is a sci-fi story by E. M. Forster, first published in 1909. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide their needs. The story predicted new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.
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