{"product_id":"the-machine-stops","title":"The Machine Stops | E.M. Forster","description":"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. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel, Howards End: \"Only connect...\" His 1908 novel, \"A Room with a View,\" is his most optimistic work, while \"A Passage to India\" (1924) brought him his greatest success. First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, \"The Machine Stops,\" posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines. But what happens if--or when--the machines stop? \"The Machine Stops\" was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50283788206395,"sku":"1434442047","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/19759063482698.jpg?v=1746961414","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-machine-stops","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}