The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster, Pt. 3 - "The Homeless"
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WORD for WORDcast's final installment of E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by “The Machine,” and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates
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