The Machine Stops | E. M. Forster

[@Kuechenquirrrrl5]

I listen to this audiobook every time I can't fall asleep. Haven't made it over 30 mins into the story. Thank you and your soothing voice

[@lewiskirk8289]

You are most welcome. I’m happy that the reading helps you to get off to sleep. 🙏

[@susansusko403]

I read this book around 50 years ago and it left such an impression I remembered it all these years. I enjoyed revisiting it. Thank you!

[@lewiskirk8289]

A pleasure. It’s a fantastic book, and a real impactful story. Glad you enjoyed it🙏

[@jskd2953]

Maybe the most prescient piece of speculative fiction ever written. Thank you for posting!

[@michami135]

Read "A logic named Joe". An even shorter short story, but just as accurate.

[@WS_HollowSoul]

Your accent makes the book seem more lively, love this. thank you for posting this video!!!

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed the reading. You are very welcome! 😀🙏

[@MrQuantumInc]

In 1909 it took 12,300 words to say what takes 2 word in 2022. "Touch Grass"

[@lewiskirk8289]

Ha ha. Good advice. Get back to nature and ground with the earth 🙏

[@Brightdays55563]

Indeed!

[@ryanbradley2875]

Well done! Learned of this book a couple of hours ago. Was listening while I worked until I had to stop work and just listen. Fascinating book and excellent narration. Going to listen again with nothing else going on.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed the reading. 🙏

[@TheTobs50]

What wonderful foresight by Forster! He was describing the lifeless, soulless, inhuman world after the Great Reset being promised as the latest version of the new Utopia.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Way ahead of his time wasn’t he! It’s one of the most underrated dystopian future novels. A sad and sorry world that I for one will be resisting.

[@sarah369.]

💚 B.O.S.T.O to everyone listening 🕊🇬🇧

[@catharineorellana3522]

Wow. 1822 the beginnings of the invention of computers. 1863 was the first underground train. 1882 electricity was being used for lighting. 1886 introduced the first gasoline powered vehicle. 1889 the first telephones. 1895 the invention of radio. 1903 the first airplane. 1927 television. First desktop computer 1964 followed by first home-use computer in 1977. 1989 the introduction of the World Wide Web. 2012 the first use of Zoom. In 1909 E. M. Forster warned the world that what he saw up to that point AND what he psychically foretold of future inventions was NOT going to end well. Yet, no one has heeded his warnings.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Great comment Catharine! Let us not become to reliant upon the machine, as Forster tells us; ‘The Machine Stops’.

[@elizabethclaypool7907]

Love ❤️

[@elizabethclaypool7907]

2022💙🤍❤️

[@sarah369.]

LOV3 💚🕊🇬🇧

[@aqualane1]

Reminds me of Logan’s Run.

[@lewishatcher9104]

You did the audio on this?

[@lewiskirk8289]

Yes. I do the audio on all the audioebooks. This is a great short story, well worth checking out. Let me know what you think. There is a big library of books on the channel. 👍

[@lewishatcher9104]

@@lewiskirk8289 I never realised. I shall be checking them out my brother.

[@Brightdays55563]

Wow. They always knew.

[@audreyn1489]

Some of the words I read did not match what was being said, and changed the meaning. But, all in all, an excellent rendering - especially with Zoom and 100% remote work during the Pandemic.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bhatkrishnakishor]

We are at a point where people are sharing AI generate summaries of this book for the ones who are too busy to even listen to audio book.

[@lewiskirk8289]

Ha ha. There is going to be plenty more of that going on. For me, it only makes the full, unabridged book more valuable 👍

[@DrRussellMcConnell]

Elon Musk cited this story, so I just listened to it. I hope the ancestors of GPT will permit us to keep it.

[@lewiskirk8289]

It’s very eery to read these dystopian works of fiction. They are so accurate and leave a lot to contemplate. Maybe best not to rely to heavily on the machine

[@Brightdays55563]

Cuz Elon knows.

[@holdenrupp5059]

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