Project Gutenberg 2024-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 1641 Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) 1879 1970 Forster, Edward Morgan 28011816 The eternal moment, and other stories $aNew York, NY :$bHarcourt, Brace & Company, $c1928. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Moment The machine stops -- The point of it -- Mr. Andrews -- Co-ordination -- The story of the siren -- The eternal moment. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Eternal Moment and Other Stories" by E. M. Forster is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The opening story, "The Machine Stops," explores a dystopian future where humanity lives underground, wholly dependent on a vast Machine that caters to their needs while isolating them from the natural world. The protagonist, Vashti, engages in dispassionate communication with her son, Kuno, who challenges her to reconnect with the outside world but is met with resistance. The opening of the book introduces us to a suffocating society where human interaction is mediated through technology, exemplified by Vashti's routine life filled with lectures and social exchanges that lack genuine connection. As her son Kuno yearns to experience the surface of the Earth and rejects the comforts of the Machine, the story begins to unfold themes of personal freedom, the importance of direct experience, and the dangers of overreliance on technology. This tension between mother and son sets the stage for a deeper reflection on the essence of humanity and existence beyond mechanical confines, hinting at the perilous consequences of an overly mechanized and disconnected society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240105100843forster 1928 US Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Fantasy fiction Short stories, English Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: British Literature 248066 2025-07-29T03:56:09.536683 text/html 223183 2024-02-06T23:08:36 text/html 231129 2025-07-29T03:56:13.831630 application/epub+zip 233205 2025-07-29T03:56:10.705641 application/epub+zip 172003 2025-07-29T03:56:09.913654 application/epub+zip 240489 2025-07-29T03:56:16.204635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229658 2025-07-29T03:56:13.359694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233692 2025-07-29T03:56:09.104683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213793 2024-02-06T23:08:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17098 2025-07-29T03:56:16.355615 application/rdf+xml 3921 2025-07-29T03:56:10.416660 image/jpeg 959 2025-07-29T03:56:10.335644 image/jpeg 188731 2025-07-29T03:56:09.559669 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia