The Machine Stops
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The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster is more relevant than ever. This haunting sci-fi novella predicted Zoom, AI, and life lived entirely online over 100 years ago. Now with The Mending Apparatus & The Homeless, this definitive edition is a must-read for fans of dystopia, digital dependence, and techno-philosophy.
Description
E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops is a prophetic work of early science fiction that eerily mirrors the digital age we live in today. Written in 1909, this novella imagines a future where humanity lives underground, each person isolated in a single cell, communicating only through screens and wholly dependent on a vast, omnipotent system known simply as “the Machine.”
What begins as a marvel of convenience gradually reveals itself to be a trap—one that controls knowledge, relationships, and even thought. As Forster explores themes of surveillance, artificial intelligence, environmental collapse, and blind faith in technology, he delivers a chilling warning about what happens when we surrender autonomy for comfort.
This edition includes the full original story along with the companion chapters The Mending Apparatus and The Homeless, providing the complete arc of Forster’s vision. These final sections amplify the emotional stakes and drive home the consequences of a society that forgets how to live outside the Machine.
With unsettling clarity and poetic prose, The Machine Stops is a timeless cautionary tale—one that feels less like fiction and more like a message sent from the past to warn the present.
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Details
Author : E. M. Forster
Language : English
Word Count : 12,371
Format : DEA (Decentralized Encrypted Asset)
Read On : Book.io eReader dApp
Cover Art : Includes 4K hi-resolution book cover
Author Info
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