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Forster wrote “The Machine Stops” as a direct response to the science fiction works of H G Wells, writing in the introduction of his Collected Short Stories that the story was “a reaction to one of the earlier heavens of H G Wells ”
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First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, "The Machine Stops," posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines But what happens if-or when-the machines stop?
- E. M. Forster, The Machine Stops | Space Mythos: Science Fiction
“The Machine Stops” by E M Forster First published in the Oxford and Cambridge Review, November 1909 1 The Air-Ship Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee It is lighted neither by window nor by lamp, yet it is filled with a soft radiance There are no apertures for ventilation, yet the air is fresh
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Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel Howards End: "Only connect " Forster was gay, but this fact was not made public during his lifetime
- Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) - Kings College Cambridge
Studio photograph of E M Forster, taken by Edward Leigh in 1915 [EMF 27 319] This exhibition will give a roughly chronological overview of E M Forster's life, with particular reference to people and places which influenced his most famous writings
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In his portrayal of a subterranean civilization controlled by “The Machine,” Forster explores themes of dependence on technology, the erosion of genuine human relationships, and the perils of centralized power over individuality and freedom
- E. M. Forster - Free Online Library
Between the years 1912 and 1913 Forster traveled in India From 1914 to 1915 he worked for the National Gallery in London Following the outbreak of World War I, Forster joined the Red Cross and served in Alexandria, Egypt There he met the Greek poet C P Cavafy and published a selection of his poems in Pharos and Pharillon (1923)
- Aspects of E. M. Forster: Collected Short Stories
Collected Short Stories, first published by Sidgwick Jackson 1947, contains stories, which were already published earlier in The Celestial Omnibus (1911) and The Eternal Moment (1928) Furthermore, the collection comprises an introduction, which contains valuable remarks and background information about the stories
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