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Old 05-02-2010, 04:03 PM   #4769
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Next up... the MRBC's May section by Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island. This one won the vote overwhelmingly. I've missed out on several MRBC reads because I have been reading such long books. I also hope to read The Machine Stops and The Egg and I... perhaps even Stiff... however, I have been reading a lot of free books.
The Machine Stops is a novella or long short story - it will take you no more than 1-2 hours - and of course I'm prejudiced, as I like E. M. Forster, but it was a story that awoke me to the concerns about the possible negative concerns about the impact of the Internet and like technologies. I've never really considered any possible negative impact before I read that story. I consider it quite a feat of a great writer to be able to change one's mind. Not that I'm not still positive, but I now also see a negative. And that can only be a good thing. And that's all down to a great author and a great story. Do spend that 1-2 hours on reading The Machine Stops.
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