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Original Title:	The Veldt
ISBN:	0886821088 (ISBN13: 9780886821081)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	George Hadley, Lydia Hadley

The Veldt Paperback | Pages: 45 pages

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I am constantly amazed at the predictive capacity of Golden Age science fiction writers. In the early 1950’s, Ray Bradbury wrote this story on the dangers of immersive entertainment and technology advancements could have on children. He aptly describes a smart home and a lifelike (too lifelike) virtual reality room (sort of a Star Trek holodeck). This story must be more impactful in today’s world of ubiquitous screens, immersive video games, and augmented reality. In the early 1950’s the transistor was only recently invented, televisions were not common, and radios were not yet portable. I first ran into this story decades ago when I read, “The Illustrated Man”. I just reread it, as part of a Science Fiction Facebook group I belong to. I love the little tie into Peter Pan and Neverland by naming the kids Peter and Wendy. It struck me as a ‘evil twin’ of Moore and Kuttner’s “Mimsy Were the Borogoves” which was written earlier. Bradbury's prose is pedestrian in this piece, compared to some of his more flowery and near poetic work, but it’s more effectively written as a straight cautionary tale.

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Title	:	The Veldt
Author	:	Ray Bradbury
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 45 pages
Published	:	November 20th 1987 by Creative Education (first published September 23rd 1950)
Categories	:	Short Stories. Science Fiction. Classics. Fiction. Horror. Dystopia. Academic. School

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Super classic super sci-fi from the master, Ray Bradbury.

There are few things as fascinating as reading science fiction written over 65 years ago. In addition to being just a solidly good short story, this story reveals a sentiment toward technology that I would not have thought was present in 1950. Bradbury tells a story of people whose lives have been taken over by technology, yet they are not happy. The incredible thing is how well his story applies today, as though he foresaw how technology could ruin our lives if it isn't controlled. I think

I'm in the middle of reading a long book and wanted a break with something Halloween S and creepy and this was short and disturbing. I really like it and think after this book I'm reading I will turn to a couple of really good scary books because that was creepy and it is the season for being disturbd

I just read this for my creative writing class. I was very well-written, suspenseful, and included some classic Ray Bradbury themes I've enjoyed in Fahrenheit 451. It was on the other hand rather dark but also sobering when the natural conclusion of letting technology take over your life was portrayed. Just a note that there are some brief descriptions of death, one blasphemy, and two instances of swear words.

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:A futuristic cautionary tale about the perils of smart technology, where danger prowls in the nursery...Ray Bradbury's gripping sci-fi story first published in 1950.Lydia/Witch Diana OlssonGeorge John CazabonPeter Jon HewittWendy/Grethel Nina LudlowDavid Bruce WightmanAdapted by Jack Pulman.Producer: Frederick Bradnum.First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1959.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...

Certainly one of Bradburys best short works and maybe his most recognized.The Veldt was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1950, and this has been a ubiquitous entry into many collections of his work and has been published on its own in countless anthologies.A family has a smart house (a recurring theme in his work) where machines and robots do virtually all of the work. Most notably, the childrens nursery can create a virtual scene from the imagination of the two kids Peter and

This is a creepy little short story. It also asks a question that some might feel is appropriate in todays worldIn The Veldt (first published in the Saturday Evening Post under a different title, and published under this title in Bradburys The Illustrated Man), we are in the far future. Peter and Wendy (the children) live with their parents in an ultra-modern, do-it-all-for-you home. The home cooks, cleans, bathes, nurtures, entertains, etc., all the occupants. The nursery, to which Peter and