# the Machine — Short Fiction character guide

> the Machine in Short Fiction by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** The Machine

**First appearance:** 0027-the-machine-stops

## Who they are

The central technological entity in The Machine Stops.

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