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The Machine Stops

By: E. M. Forster
Narrated by: Emma Gregory
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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.

Public Domain (P)2024 SNR Audio Classics Dystopian Science Fiction World Literature Fiction Short Story Technology
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This book was intriguing in it's premise about humans relying on a machine rather than our own morals and or convictions.

utterly lack if humanity

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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

Excellent Narration

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loved the narration and expression in her voice. a worthy purchase. wish there was more:(

my first audio book. voiced by Minty herself

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