"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story (12,300 words) by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Review (November 1909), the story was republished in Forster's The Eternal Moment and Other Stories in 1928.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Machine Stops

• 1 - The Air-Ship
• 2 - The Mending Apparatus
• 3 - The Homeless