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The Machine Stops

E. M. Forster

First published 1909
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2011 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee/Finalist
2012 Prometheus Award Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Winner

Publications (101)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1909 The Oxford and Cambridge Review, Michaelmas Term 1909 MAGAZINE 83
1928 The Eternal Moment and Other Stories Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 1
1928 The Eternal Moment and Other Stories Harcourt, Brace & Company Collection 13
1947 Collected Short Stories of E. M. Forster Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 115
July 1947 The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster Alfred A. Knopf Collection 144
September 1947 The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster Alfred A. Knopf Collection 144
February 1950 The Science Fiction Galaxy Permabooks Anthology 1
February 1952 The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster Alfred A. Knopf Collection 144
1954 The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics Hanover House Anthology 277
1954 The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics Hanover House / SFBC Anthology 277
October 1954 Collected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection
1959 The Armchair Science Reader Simon & Schuster Anthology |17
1960 Masters and Masterpieces of the Short Story: Second Series Holt-Dryden Books / Henry Holt Anthology 223
1963 Of Men and Machines E. P. Dutton Anthology 261
August 1963 17 X Infinity Dell Anthology 84
1964 17 X Infinity Mayflower-Dell Anthology 84
1965 17 X Infinity Mayflower-Dell Anthology 84
1966 Cities of Wonder Doubleday Anthology
February 1966 Cities of Wonder Doubleday Anthology 163
April 1967 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 164
April 1967 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 164
February 1968 The Collected Tales of E. M. Forster Modern Library Collection 144
May 1968 Cities of Wonder Dennis Dobson Anthology
1969 Fairy Tales for Computers Eakins Press Anthology |1
April 1969 17 X Infinity Dell Anthology 84
April 1969 17 X Infinity Dell Anthology 84
1970 Cities of Wonder Sphere Anthology 157
1971 Science Fiction: The Future Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 158
1971 The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities Macmillan Anthology 136
March 1971 The Light Fantastic Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 119
October 1971 The Light Fantastic: Science Fiction Classics from the Mainstream Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 119
October 1971 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 164
1972 Collected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 109
May 1972 Wondermakers Fawcett Premier Anthology 112
May 1972 The Light Fantastic Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 119
January 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writers of America Doubleday Anthology 202
June 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 228
1974 Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye McGraw-Hill Anthology 38
1974 Strange Universe Blackie Anthology 148
April 1974 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three Gollancz Anthology
July 1974 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB Avon Books Anthology 248
1977 The Best Science Fiction Stories Hamlyn Anthology 26
January 1977 Ten Science Fiction Stories Hodder & Stoughton Anthology 59
1978 Fairy Tales for Computers David R. Godine Anthology 1
February 1979 From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library Anthology 36
February 1979 From Wells to Heinlein Mentor / New American Library of Canada Anthology 36
1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB Avon Books Anthology 248
June 1984 Philosophy and Science Fiction Prometheus Books Anthology 315
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 41
September 1993 The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus Orion Anthology 153
July 1994 The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series Artus Books Anthology 153
September 1994 The Armchair Horror Collection: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series Orion Anthology 180
September 1997 The Machine Stops and Other Stories Andre Deutsch Collection 87
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor Anthology 139
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor / BOMC Anthology 139
May 1998 The Science Fiction Century Quality Paperback Book Club Anthology 139
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Science Fiction Writres of America The Easton Press Anthology 228
October 2002 From Wells to Heinlein Scarecrow Press Anthology 19
2003 The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus Bounty Books Anthology 153
March 2006 The Science Fiction Century, Volume One Orb Anthology 133
May 2007 The Machine Stops LibriVox Chapbook
May 2008 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B Tor Anthology 228
July 2008 The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction Stories Phoenix Pick Anthology 109
October 2008 The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction Stories Phoenix Pick Anthology |109
April 2009 The Machine Stops LibriVox Chapbook
2010 The End of the World: Classic Tales of Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fall River Press Anthology 349
February 2010 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B Orb Anthology
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 50
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 50
February 2011 The Machine Stops Penguin Books Collection 1
March 2011 Nota do Tradutor, March 2011 Revista de Tradução Literária e Biblioteca Digital MAGAZINE
September 2011 The Machine Stops LibriVox Chapbook
January 2013 The Steampunk Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Steampunk Stories Wildside Press Anthology 765
May 2013 The Machine Stops Wildside Press Chapbook
June 2013 The Machine Stops Wildside Press Chapbook
November 2014 The Machine Stops LibriVox Chapbook
February 2015 The Machine Stops Start Publishing Chapbook
September 2015 Science Fiction Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 124
October 2016 The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction: Second Edition Phoenix Pick Anthology
November 2016 Science Fiction Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
2017 Science Fiction Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 124
September 2017 The Machine Stops Oregan Publishing Chapbook
April 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B Blackstone Audio Anthology |228
November 2018 Future Past and Other Premonitions Living Time Anthology
December 2018 Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Musaicum Books / OK Publishing Omnibus |80
December 2018 Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales Musaicum Books Omnibus |80
April 2019 Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction British Library Publishing Anthology 133
December 2019 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two-B: The Great Novellas Phoenix Pick Anthology |6
January 2020 Influencers: Early Works of Science Fiction ROH Press Anthology |21
March 2020 The Machine Stops Open Road Integrated Media Chapbook
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |417
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |417
2021 The Rivals of H. G. Wells, Vol. I (Short Stories and Novelettes) Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 234
December 2021 We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |417
March 2022 Galaxy # 3 Clarendon House Anthology 113
March 2022 Galaxy # 3 Clarendon House Anthology |16
March 2022 Voices from the Radium Age The MIT Press Anthology 35
March 2022 Voices from the Radium Age The MIT Press Anthology |35
February 2024 The Eternal Moment and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |13
March 2024 The Eternal Moment and Other Stories Faded Page Collection |1
April 2024 The Machine Stops and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 3