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Monday, November 1, 2010

Nov. 1, 1909: 'The Machine Stops'

Nov. 1, 1909: 'The Machine Stops': E.M. Forster publishes "The Machine Stops," a chilling tale of a futuristic information-oriented society that grinds to a bloody halt, literally. Some aspects of the story no longer seem so distant in the future.