This was the book that got me into Librivox recordings. https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-version-3-by-e-m-forster/ https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops

This was the book that got me into Librivox recordings. https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-version-3-by-e-m-forster/ https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-version-3-by-e-m-fors... The feeling of futility it imparts is emotionally frustrating. Wonderful writing. It's easy to forget this story was written in 1909! It feels more like 1979 or later.