Beyond the Center

"The Machine Stops" (Part 1) by E. M. Forster

Season 1 Episode 21

A prophetic short story involving mankind's subordination to, reliance upon, and worship of, modern technology. 

This longer short story will be split up into three parts over today and the following two Sundays. Today's part one of this three part story is titled "The Air-Ship", from "The Machine Stops", written by E. M. Forster.  It was first published in The Oxford and Cambridge Review in November of 1909.  

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