The Machine Stops - Complete Short Story Audiobook with Full Cast!
A world where everyone occupies a tiny cell, connected to each other only by machines, and where a parent's responsibility to their child ends at birth. Where all knowledge and experience comes secondhand, through the machine. A world where the machine rules everyone's lives. We absolutely love this classic short…
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