´"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.
