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The Machine Stops [Classic Tales Edition]
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Narrated by:
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B. J. Harrison
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By:
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E. M. Forster
The earth's surface is no longer habitable. All humanity is sequestered beneath the ground, couched in isolation and contentment. The Machine provides the needs of humanity. Mankind becomes subservient drones to the life-supporting Machine. But what happens when the Machine stops?
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This should be required reading for every one.
Short, engaging, not too dated in terms of language compared to other literature that I've read from the same era.
Written in 1910 but so eerily relevant
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As it was written a looong time ago, it does take a bit of transfer to apply it to today’s situation - if you wanted to, you could take that as an excuse to discount the message. But astonishingly, it’s not too far from today, and goes further, just a few steps, from where the films Surrogates and maybe in clownish way, Ready Player One, took us.
The reading is very subdued, which I began to appreciated more and more, as I realized it suited the story best.
Classic
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A timeless work of art
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