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About this audiobook
Considered one of the best early examples of science fiction, E. M. Forster’s short story, “The Machine Stops,” first published in 1909, is notable for predicting several modern technologies decades before they became practical, including the Internet and instant messaging.
"The Machine Stops" 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 sceptical 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"...
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics, Dystopia
Length1 hr 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 9, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Air-Ship
2Chapter 2 - The Mending Apparatus
3Chapter 3 - The Homeless
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The Celestial Omnibus and Other StoriesE. M. Forster3h 41m$21 · $0.00
Where Angels Fear to TreadE. M. Forster5h 36m$2.30 · $0.00
AnonymityE. M. Forster31m$2.30 · $0.00
The Celestial Omnibus, and Other StoriesE. M. Forster3h 30m$2.30 · $0.00
Une chambre avec vueE. M. Forster8h 44m$4.60 · $0.00
The Story of the SirenE. M. Forster22m$2.30 · $0.00
Camera con vistaE. M. Forster8h 11m$4.70 · $0.00
Aspects of the novelE. M. Forster4h 49m$2.30 · $0.00
Una habitación con vistasE. M. Forster7h 59m$4.70 · $0.00
A Room With A ViewE. M. Forster7h 45m$4.70 · $0.00
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Um quarto com vistaE. M. Forster8h 18m$4.70 · $0.00
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