by E. M. Forster
Recommended by Elon Musk
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"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (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 populi...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Elon Musk, Most Recommended Books, and Science Fiction.
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Elon Musk
Co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink
“Worth reading The Machine Stops, an old story by E. M. Forster”
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