‘The Machine Stops’ by E.M. Forster: Blessed is the Machine

By  Jane Shussa

What you need to know:

  • The Machine Stops was written in 1909. It feels so familiar that reading it awakens some of my fears about how advanced our own ‘machine’, which will not be named, has become.

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