
The Machine Stops
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Narrated by:
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Jim Roberts
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By:
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E. M. Forster
The story has proved to be far ahead of its time, with remarkably accurate predictions of modern technologies such as TV, online chat, and the Internet. This is a truly remarkable story and one that has many lessons of caution for today.
After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories and in 1973 was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
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Dystopian
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From the blue optic plates, to the denial of history, to the religious embrace of science, to the isolation of the individual: these and many more touchstones of the modern world are vividly predicted.
Forester predicted it all.
Even the mechanisms by which the dystopia was enabled: the lecturers (the media), the acceptable ‘ideas’ (the propaganda), the acquiescence to comfort (pervasive technological pandering)… there are uncountable parallels to today’s weakening of the human condition.
Perhaps the story it’s not so much a brilliant prediction of the future, but rather a brilliant assessment of how vulnerable humans are to an ever present lurking of totalitarianism.
Accuracy to 2024
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Thought provoking
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Stunning Sci Fi
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What did you like best about The Machine Stops? What did you like least?
Predictions that come true; somewhat wooden vision and execution of story.Would you be willing to try another book from E. M. Forster? Why or why not?
Read some years ago.Did the narration match the pace of the story?
yesIf this book were a movie would you go see it?
noAny additional comments?
Predictions that come true; somewhat wooden vision and execution of story.Ahead of its time, though not sublime
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ok story of the "don't become a machine" type
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Others may enjoy it. I didn't.
Depressing and claustrophobic
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Unfortunately, this seems to be his only Sci-Fi story.
Great Story
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The author tackles some extremely forward-thinking issues considering the novel was first published in 1909 and still reads effectively today.
The concept is that in the future, people's lives are completely controlled by The Machine and people only interact with each other through The Machine.
Then, when The Machine stops working, people are left helpless because they no longer know how to take care of themselves.
The sound quality is not as clear as typical for my Audible downloads. And, I detected a New York accent in the narrator that I did not find appropriate.
The novel is a finalist to be entered into the Prometheus Award Hall of Fame when the award is announced at WorldCon in 2012.
John Christmas, author of "Democracy Society"
I didn't expect a clever Sci-Fi novel from Forster
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Terrible and Fantastic
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