Talk:The Machine Stops

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It seems amazing how similar this story is to Wikipedia. The main character's mother spends her time working on some obscure scholarship, presenting her findings via some synchronized worldwide information system. Isn't this exactly what happens here everyday!

--Erik Garrison 06:58, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Comic on Mad Magazine

One of the earliest issues of Mad magazine has a story of exactly this type of dystopian future. Should it be added to the entry?

If you are sure that the Mad story is based on the Forster story, then yes (perhaps under a heading of Derivative works). If not, then put the Mad story in List of dystopian literature. HTH. --Heron 17:34, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking apperatus = instant messenger

I've added a bit about the speaking apperatus, which is significant as it predicts a form of video conferencing 80 years before it invention. and is one of the few sci fi novels to ever predict anything like the internet. I think the speaking apperatus concept needs expanding on more tho.