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The Machine Stops
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Science fiction · Early 20th century

The Machine Stops

E.M. ForsterFirst published 1909

A son leaves his pod and travels to see his mother in person. Both will pay for it.

Dramatis personae

2 characters
  1. Vashti

    Vashti

    The Dependent

    The Machine is much, but it is not everything

  2. K

    Kuno

    The Heretic

    Cannot you see that it is we who are dying, and that the only thing that really lives is the Machine?

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