But how would Forster know of digital interfaces? That would have been too much to foresee. And the loss of Patience! Damn this is good and so true - with one big exception the many buttons for all the machines functions. So imaginative for 1909! Staying at home with the telly and internet and instant messaging and videoconferencing, google and pizza delivery and all flats and all cities look alike. And the world he describes feels so appalling, although we are good on the way to be where Forster imagined us - shocker. (Wikipedia)Ī condensed rapidfire of details and ideas imagining a dystopian world. Eventually, the Machine apocalyptically collapses, and the civilization of the Machine comes to an end. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and are threatened with 'Homelessness'. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine.

It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Everything you need for every book you read. The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. Forster Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Terms Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents Struggling with distance learning Our Teacher Edition on The Machine Stops can help. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Machine Stops

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