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The Machine Stops
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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Publisher's summary
The Machine Stops is a groundbreaking sci-fi short story by E. M. Forster. The story is set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide its needs. The book is particularly notable for predicting new technologies such as instant messaging and the Internet.
After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review in November 1909 the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two.
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- Ramcharan Gossai
- 03-04-24
Excellent Narration
I was already a fan of the book and genre. Emma Gregory did an amazing job with the narration. She’s really why I bought the audio book yo
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