The Machine Stops: E. Forster

`"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that."` E.M. Forster is best known for his exquisite novels, but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical. In `The Machine Stops`, humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground, enmeshed in automated comforts, and in `The Celestial Omnibus` a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible. This book contains The Machine Stops and A Celestial Omnibus.