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The Machine Stops
- samcheng 8y agoI read the original "The Machine Stops" (written by E.M. Forster in 1909) a few weeks back, following a link from this very website. It's worth a read! http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html EDIT: Looks like that link is a little overloaded right now... This one works: https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machine-Stops.pdf https://www.ele.uri.edu/faculty/vetter/Other-stuff/The-Machi...
- zazen 8y agoYes, that Oliver Sacks. Yes, he did die. Strange of the New Yorker to publish this 3.5 years posthumously with no explanation.
- owyn 8y agoI am just inferring from the blurb at the bottom that he does have a final book coming out and this is probably an excerpt. A final collection of his essays, “Everything in Its Place,” will be published in April