TMS: The Machine Stops is a graphic novel series adaptation written by Michael Lent with art by Marc Rene, published by Alterna Comics in February, 2014. The story is notable for predicting new technologies such as instant messaging and the internet.Ī television adaptation, directed by Philip Saville, was shown in 1966 as part of the British science fiction anthology TV series Out of the Unknown. Playwright Eric Coble’s 2004 stage adaptation was broadcast in 2007 on WCPN 90.3 FM in Cleveland.īBC Radio 4 aired Gregory Norminton’s adaptation as a radio play. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review in November 1909, the story was republished in Forster’s The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928. Wikipedia | “The Machine Stops” is a science fiction short story by E. Forster’s 1909 short story “The Machine Stops.” A remarkable foreshadowing of the internet, tablet computers and artificial intelligence from a century ago: E.M.
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