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What a great story! I was introduced to it by The Hugonauts podcast. Have a great audio rendering of it[0]. I went into it not knowing anything about the book
by BiraIgnacio 1y ago
What a great story!
I was introduced to it by The Hugonauts podcast. Have a great audio rendering of it[0].
I went into it not knowing anything about the book or the author and was really surprised to find out it was written over 100 years ago.
[0] https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-machine-stops-audiobook-RnoTj9b2 https://hugonauts.simplecast.com/episodes/the-machine-stops-...
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