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"The Machine Stops", E.M. Forster, 1908

podrock — 3/20/2015 8:57:30 PM (archived)

I read this last year, you might enjoy it. While there is some transportation in this story, people resist it.

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transportation - SDG - 3/20/2015 6:50:06 PM
- "The Machine Stops", E.M. Forster, 1908 - podrock - 3/20/2015 8:57:30 PM
  - The machine is not hardware. - hank - 3/20/2015 10:32:02 PM

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