num_pages: 48
description: Those master brains had perished. They had left full directions, it is true, and their successors had each of them mastered a portion of those directions. But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine.
language: English
title: The Machine Stops
titlecomplete: The Machine Stops
genres: Audiobook, 20th Century, Short Stories, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 15758
awards: awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
publisher: Kessinger Pub Co