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The Machine Stops
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The Machine Stops is a short science fiction story. It describes a world in which almost all humans have lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual lives in isolation in a 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Most humans welcome this development, as they are skeptical and fearful of first-hand experience. People forget that humans created the Machine, and treat it as a mystical entity whose needs supersede their own.
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- ISBN: 9781681460277
- Publisher: Start Classics
- Imprint: Start Classics
- Date: Feb 2015
- Seller Statement: Sold by Simon and Schuster
