The Machine Stops

E.M. Forster

1909
Forced to live underground, humanity relies on a vast machine to communicate. Those who do not conform are forced out. A chilling prescient exploration of our reliance on social media and the internet.
Genres: science-fiction, short-stories, dystopia, british-literature, science-fiction-fantasy, 20th-century, fantasy
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