Short stories

by Shades — published on May 13th, 2008

I usually have a mini-surf whilst munching my lunch. (Still the healthy option).

Yesterday, however, I was distracted by a comment on a website that mentioned a short story from 1909 called “The Machine Stops”

I started reading the text to get a feel for it, then spent the rest of my break reading it (and dropping celery on the keyboard!)

It manages to be both dated and ahead of its time at the same time. If you have fifteen minutes or so to spare, have a read.

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Terry Finley says:
May 15th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Thanks for the link to the story.

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