{"product_id":"9781434446251","title":"The Machine Stops: A Science Fiction Classic","description":"E. M. Forster (1879–1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist,and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society. Forster's humanistic impulse toward understanding and sympathy may be aptly summed up in the epigraph to his 1910 novel, Howards End: \"Only connect...\" His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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? \"The Machine Stops\" was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154083463408,"sku":"9781434446251","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781434446251_p0.jpg?v=1763753602","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781434446251","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}