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* SelfHealingPhlebotinum: The Machine is self-maintaining and self-repairing, but its capacity for self-repair is not infinite. The final crisis is kicked off when the Mending Apparatus itself begins to break down, and the Machine has been self-maintaining for so long that nobody now alive knows how to repair it.
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* TerminallyDependentSociety: As the Machine breaks down, it's clear that the population lacks the knowledge of how to repair it, dooming their whole society.
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* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: Thanks to many centuries of cheap and easy global air travel, the races have long since blended. Unusually for a work written before World War I, this is presented neutrally, as neither good nor bad.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by Creator/EMForster. It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno) who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells") under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called the Machine.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by Creator/EMForster. It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno) who, like (almost?) everyone else, live It's set in a future in which seemingly everybody lives inside individual rooms ("cells") named "cells", under the Earth's surface (deemed surface, which is deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all uninhabitable. All their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called the Machine.
Machine. The plot kicks off when a woman named Vashti gets a request from her adult son Kuno to physically visit him in his room despite its location being on the other side of the planet. Kuno's reason for his request is that he has made a discovery that he's reluctant to speak about over the Machine's communications system.
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: As you might have guessed from the title.
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: As you might have guessed from Civilization collapses [[spoiler:after the title.
Machine stops working, killing pretty much everyone except the surface dwellers.]]
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
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* MachineWorship: Getting This gets more explicit as the plot advances.advances, as Vashti and the human population go from admiring the machine to forming a religion out of it.
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Read it online [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops here]] or [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190102114403/http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html here]].
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Read it online [[https://en.wikipedia.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops here]] or [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190102114403/http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html listen to an audiobook [[https://librivox.org/the-machine-stops-by-e-m-forster/ here]].
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* TitleDrop: Kuno tells his mother that the Machine does indeed stop, though she doesn't believe it at first.
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* TitleDrop: Kuno tells his mother that the Machine does indeed stop, though she doesn't believe it at first.
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Read it online [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops here]] or [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190102114403/http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html here]].
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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Stated and then refuted {{in-universe}}. The humans under the Machine reject religion and belief in gods, yet the Book of the Machine is venerated.
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* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Stated and then refuted {{in-universe}}.InUniverse. The humans under the Machine reject religion and belief in gods, yet the Book of the Machine is venerated.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by E. M. Forster. It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno) who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells") under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called the Machine.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by E. M. Forster.Creator/EMForster. It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno) who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells") under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called the Machine.
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* LuddWasRight: arguably. The story criticizes the compulsory mediation of human relationships by machines rather than the use of mechanical tools.
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* LuddWasRight: arguably.Arguably. The story criticizes the compulsory mediation of human relationships by machines rather than the use of mechanical tools.
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* BeneathTheEarth: every city is an UndergroundCity in the Machine's world (the air on the surface is poisonous).
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* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: The surface of the Earth is cold and air is scarce and poisonous; only some plants survive there. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what the Machine wants people to believe.]]
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* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: The surface of the Earth is cold and air is scarce and poisonous; only some plants can survive there. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what the Machine wants people to believe.]]
* PlatonicCave: Down to [[spoiler: an individual training himself to leave, leaving, then coming back to tell others there is a world out there, and being ultimately rejected]].
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* {{Zeerust}}: mostly averted. Though the author's vision of the fully-automated home is based on pushing buttons and turning knobs, the gadgets themselves are mentioned in the most general terms. Thus also not SteamPunk.
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* {{Zeerust}}: mostly averted.Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Though the author's vision of the fully-automated home is based on pushing buttons and turning knobs, the gadgets themselves are mentioned in the most general terms. Thus also not SteamPunk.
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* OlderThanTelevision: The story was originally published in ''1909''!
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* OlderThanTelevision: The story was originally published in ''1909''!''1909!''
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by E. M. Forster.
It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno)
who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells")
under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all
their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called
the Machine.
It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno)
who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells")
under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all
their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called
the Machine.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by E. M. Forster.
Forster. It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno)
Kuno) who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells")
("cells") under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all
all their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called
called the Machine.
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''The Machine Stops'' is a ScienceFiction novella by E. M. Forster.
It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno)
who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells")
under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all
their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called
the Machine.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* BeneathTheEarth: every city is an UndergroundCity in the Machine's world (the air on the surface is poisonous).
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Kuno is rebellious and, thanks to exercise, noticeably muscular. Both things are frowned upon by the Machine; a predisposition for the latter is [[spoiler:grounds for preemptive infanticide]].
* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: The surface of the Earth is cold and air is scarce and poisonous; only some plants survive there. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what the Machine wants people to believe.]]
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
* LuddWasRight: arguably. The story criticizes the compulsory mediation of human relationships by machines rather than the use of mechanical tools.
* MachineWorship: Getting more explicit as the plot advances.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Stated and then refuted {{in-universe}}. The humans under the Machine reject religion and belief in gods, yet the Book of the Machine is venerated.
* PopulationControl: The Machine grants or denies permissions for both reproduction and euthanasia in order to keep the population stable.
* RebelliousSpirit: Kuno likes physical contact, speaks against the Machine and wants to see what's outside his cell, all of which is immoral and disgusting in his cultural background.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: as you might have guessed from the title.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In return for a comfortable existence, the Machine has been granted unlimited power over humans, and almost nobody seems inclined to protest.
* {{Zeerust}}: mostly averted. Though the author's vision of the fully-automated home is based on pushing buttons and turning knobs, the gadgets themselves are mentioned in the most general terms. Thus also not SteamPunk.
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It deals with two main characters (a woman, Vashti, and her son, Kuno)
who, like (almost?) everyone else, live inside individual rooms ("cells")
under the Earth's surface (deemed hostile and uninhabitable), while all
their needs are attended to by an unimaginably complex mechanism called
the Machine.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* BeneathTheEarth: every city is an UndergroundCity in the Machine's world (the air on the surface is poisonous).
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Kuno is rebellious and, thanks to exercise, noticeably muscular. Both things are frowned upon by the Machine; a predisposition for the latter is [[spoiler:grounds for preemptive infanticide]].
* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: The surface of the Earth is cold and air is scarce and poisonous; only some plants survive there. [[spoiler:Or at least that's what the Machine wants people to believe.]]
* FreakOut: People run from their cells or [[spoiler:die of terror]] as soon as they realize [[spoiler:the hum of the Machine has stopped]].
* LuddWasRight: arguably. The story criticizes the compulsory mediation of human relationships by machines rather than the use of mechanical tools.
* MachineWorship: Getting more explicit as the plot advances.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Stated and then refuted {{in-universe}}. The humans under the Machine reject religion and belief in gods, yet the Book of the Machine is venerated.
* PopulationControl: The Machine grants or denies permissions for both reproduction and euthanasia in order to keep the population stable.
* RebelliousSpirit: Kuno likes physical contact, speaks against the Machine and wants to see what's outside his cell, all of which is immoral and disgusting in his cultural background.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: as you might have guessed from the title.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In return for a comfortable existence, the Machine has been granted unlimited power over humans, and almost nobody seems inclined to protest.
* {{Zeerust}}: mostly averted. Though the author's vision of the fully-automated home is based on pushing buttons and turning knobs, the gadgets themselves are mentioned in the most general terms. Thus also not SteamPunk.
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