/lit/ - Literature

>be in 4th grade
>the teacher gives us a half hour after lunch to read
>take out a book full of Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems
>start reading The Tell-tale Heart and understanding every word
>teacher comes over and reads over my shoulder
>"oh my god what are you reading!"
>rips the book out of my hands with the force of a thousand niggers
>have to see a counselor for years after that
>never got my book back

"As he spoke, the whole city was broken like a honeycomb. "

e.m. forster's The Machine Stops.

we're almost there.

full text:

http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html

enjoy.