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E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist,and librettist. 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...". His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success. First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, "The Machine Stops," posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines. But what happens if--or when--the machines stop? "The Machine Stops" was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Book details

• Full title: The Machine Stops
• Author: Edward Morgan Forster
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 50
• EAN: 9781434442048
• ISBN: 1434442047
• ID: 12107314
• Publisher: WLC
• Weight: 86 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 3 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. May 2013

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