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Science as nightmare: "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster.
From: Utopian Studies
Date: 19970322
Author:Caporaletti, Silvana
E.M. Forster's short story "The Machine Stops" is the first example of 20th-century dystopia. Forster imagined a world dominated by a Machine, where conformism was enforced by rigid social conventions and repressing diversity. The story presents the impossibility of having a stable society where individuals can be spontaneous and creative. The portrayal of a grim alternate reality allows examination of present society.
NO MATTER HOW EXALTED its inventiveness, utopian literature, if it is to explicate the cognitive function that is inherent in the genre, can never be pure fantasy: it is ...
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