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The Machine Stops

E.M. Forster

Start date: January 1, 2010

Finish date: January 31, 2010

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May 18, 2021 Paul rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi, short-story, read-as-ebook, dystopia

Odd little story. In some ways it's prescient of today but in others it's not. Also it sacrifices real characterisation and even plot to describe its world and make a POINT.

But worth a read. It's quick. ...more

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Jan 04, 2013 Nyssa marked it as wishlist · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, format-short-story, dystopian, classics, speculative-fiction, grg-mobileread, format-standalone, literary-fiction, cult-lit-british

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Shelves: sci-fi, novella, 1920-1940, read-in-2016

Feb 19, 2016 Nancy rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016-read, dystopia

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