The Machine Stops - Couverture souple

Forster, E M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609420667 ISBN 13 : 9781609420666

Editeur : Lits, 2010

Synopsis

This is a science fiction story by Forster. The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. In 1973 it was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. It was considered one of the best novellas ever published. Television and stage adaptations were made in the UK and in the USA.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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. Those who do not accept the deity of the Machine are viewed as 'unmechanical' and are threatened with "Homelessness". Eventually, the Machine apocalyptically collapses, and the civilization of the Machine comes to an end.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. 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." Forster was gay, but this fact was not made public during his lifetime. His posthumously released novel Maurice tells of the coming of age of an explicitly gay male character.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lits
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609420667
• ISBN 13: 9781609420666
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 70
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible