[Hac-announce] January 2018 Book Discussion: "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster & "A Story of the Days to Come" by H.G. Wells

[kvngough at aol.com]

For January, we will be discussing two short futuristic science fictions works written in the early 1900s: E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops and H.G. Wells A Story of the Days to Come. The discussion will take place Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 2 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden.



 


 

>From Amazon:

First published in 1909, Forster's short science fiction work, The Machine Stops, posits a technology-dependent humanity now living underground, its every need serviced by machines. But what happens if – or when – the machines stop? The Machine Stops was named one of the greatest science fiction novellas published before 1965 by the Science Fiction Writers of America.

>From Wikipedia:

[Wells' A Story of the Days to Come] depicts two lovers in a dystopian future London of the 22nd century and explores the implications of excessive urbanization, class warfare, and advances in the technology of medicine, communication, transportation, and agriculture…Socially and economically, however, it predicts a very stratified class structure and a largely communal society where few mega-corporations control all means of production.
 
Light snacks will be served.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 








 

























 

 







 

















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