Can you help me remember the name of a book?

Question

I'm trying to remember the name of a book I read many years ago. It was written by a bloke, possibly early last century. It was set in the future (of the author). The part that I remember is a guy sitting in a room and all he had to do was press a button to get whatever he wanted sent to him. Humans didn't interact except to procreate. The guy in the chair was fat and pasty from never going outside in the sunlight and no physical exercise. That's all I remember. Not much to go on but any leads would help.

Answer 1

the only thing that comes to my mind is the movie wall-e by pixar.  i dont think that thats what your talking about, but thats what comes to my mind!

Answer 2

It might be 1984 by George Orwell, but not all of your description fits. Find a synopsis of it and see.

Answer 3

Maybe you're thinking of The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster? I believe it was written before or around 1914. I read it while in school, a rather chilling story of over dependence on technology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine...