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The Machine Stops (Penguin Mini Modern Classics) [Paperback]

E M Forster
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15 Feb 2011 0141195983 978-0141195988

'"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that."'

E.M. Forster is best known for his exquisite novels, but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical. In 'The Machine Stops', humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshed in automated comforts, and in 'The Celestial Omnibus' a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible.

This book contains The Machine Stops and A Celestial Omnibus.


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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (15 Feb 2011)
  • Language: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0141195983
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141195988
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 0.7 x 16.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was educated at King's College, Cambridge, with whom he had a lifelong connection. He was elected to an Honorary Fellowship in 1946. He wrote six novels - Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905), The Longest Journey (1907), A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910), A Passage to India (1924), which won both the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Maurice , written in 1914, was published posthumously in 1971. He also published two volumes of short stories; two collections of essays; a critical work (Aspects of the Novel); The Hill of Devi; two biographies; two books about Alexandria; and the libretto for Britten's opera Billy Budd. He died in 1970. In his obituary The Times called him 'one of the most esteemed English novelists of his time'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars scarily acurate! 15 Feb 2009
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I love this author, having read Maurice some time ago I developed a great respect for Forster's insightful writing. This book was mentioned by a tutor at university, just in passing, talking about children and the "digital revolution" so I thought i'd give it a try. It's not very long, more of a long short story, and it's not very cheerful either, but considering the time when it was written, it's a very accurate portrayal of our dependence on modern technology and alienation from nature.
Bit of a doom mongers field day, but still a good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Historically important short story 22 April 2011
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I first read this story many, many years ago, but it had stayed with me. Recently I realised that the future society that was being described in the story - in which people communicate via the machine and where no one meets anyone face-to-face anymore - had some chillingly close parallels with the way our civilisation is heading.

People 'meet' on Facebook, communicate by Twitter, by email, by text. Children don't go out anymore, people don't speak.

So I bought the book again.

EM Forster wrote this in 1909. Little did he know.........
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5.0 out of 5 stars The MAchine Stops 26 Dec 2009
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excellent book newly printed
this was on A level syllabus and I wanted to read it again -brilliant
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