everyone should read this
Sep. 10th, 2010 10:04 amThe Machine Stops, by E M Forster. I'm using a machine that will not let me cut n paste, but you can google it. Written over 100 years ago, it really captures the impersonal 'busyness' of modern life--you've got over 100 LJ friends but no one to help you move, or get coffee with....
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Date: 2010-09-12 02:07 pm (UTC)I have it in my phone now. (As if I'll read it before I finish the 3 Musketeers sequel thing I'm in the middle of on my phone right now....)