{"product_id":"the-machine-stops-paperback-4","title":"The Machine Stops - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. M. Forster\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKarl Wurf\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eBetancourt John\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. 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: ʺOnly connect...ʺ. His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, ʺThe Machine Stops,ʺ posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines. But what happens if--or when--the machines stop? ʺThe Machine Stopsʺ was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119028015239,"sku":"9781434442048","price":9.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/601ef95eec57f06699db71e02a212562.webp?v=1732538301","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-machine-stops-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}