{"product_id":"the-machine-stops-science-fiction-dystopia-a-doomsday-saga-of-humanity-under-the-control-of-machines-9788027276547","title":"The Machine Stops: Science Fiction Dystopia - A Doomsday Saga of Humanity Under the Control of Machines","description":"This book edition of \"THE MACHINE STOPS\" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. \"The Machine Stops\" describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard room, with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted, but is unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is also made via a kind of machine with which people conduct their only activity: the sharing of ideas and what passes for knowledge. In such a suffocating atmosphere Kuno, a man dares to think and do the unmentionable, that is, question the omnipotence of the faulty machine God.... E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success and he was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 16 different years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OK Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788027276547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d","brand":"E. M. Forster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145732026549,"sku":"9788027276547","price":6.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_daafd228-a31e-4ce3-b019-640d2fdd51ba.jpg?v=1715697266","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-machine-stops-science-fiction-dystopia-a-doomsday-saga-of-humanity-under-the-control-of-machines-9788027276547","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}