Why Read This? - E. M. Forster - The Machine Stops

In episode six of Strange Reads 'Why Read This?' series we look at E. M. Forster's, The Machine Stops. Now, if this story isn't on every high-school syllabus for both English and Environmental Studies, teachers are missing a trick. E. M. Forster produced an incredible feat of foresight in writing The Machine Stops in 1909. Once again, an interesting author with ties to other big names in literature. Probably best known for Howard's End, A Room with a View, and A Passage to India, this is Forster's only foray into science fiction. For more great speculative fiction tales, please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/strangeread... The story, in its entirety, can be read here: https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Tea... Thanks to: ----------------- Iris Lavell - Co-host Fiona Wildsmith - as Vashti (voice) Iris's Links: ------------------ Her book, Elsewhere in Success: https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/e... Her Podcast, The Australian Baby Boomer podcast: https://theaustralianbabyboomer.podbe... Music ---------- Glacier – Patrick Patrikios – YouTube Studio Beyond the Lows – The Whole Other – YouTube Studio Searching for the Alchemist – https://www.bothworldsmusic.com.au Familiar Things - The Whole Other - YouTube Studio Danger Snow - Dan Henig - YouTube Studio Voices – Patrick Patrikios – YouTube Studio Video Excerpts ------------------------ The Machine Stops - Out of the Unknown S02E01- (1966) - BBC The Machine Stops (2009) - Freise Brothers    • THE MACHINE STOPS SD   Are We Living In The Matrix? | WIRED -    • Are We Living In The Matrix? | WIRED   Kylie Minogue - Locomotion (1987) Men at Work - Land Down Under (1981) Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) (Olivia passed away during the production of this video, so we thought we'd add an extra homage.) The Wizard of Oz (1939) MGM My Links to Follow: ------------------------------- YouTube –    / strangereads   Instagram –   / david_wilds.  . Chapter Settings --------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:38 Brief Author Biography 3:54 Plot Summary 11:41 Story Inspiration 13:54 Elsewhere in the Machine #strangereads #forster #sciencefiction #authors #books #authors #fiction #shortstory #dystopia #dystopian #speculativefiction #writing #writer #mypoliceman #biography