The veldt

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1. TimTheTinkerSep 2025
   I suggest taking a literature course and learning how to interpret narratives.

   The Veldt is a classic short story written in 1950 by Ray Bradbury, a famous and celebrated author, who also wrote the famous dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451.

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2. mariodianaSep 2022
   Ever read Bradbury's "The Veldt"?

   Makes you wonder if Bradbury wasn't a real life John Titor.

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3. therealdrag0Jul 2018
   Many years ago I collected short stories I enjoyed in an Evernote list. Here it is if you want some inspiration. :)

   Asimov, Isaac - "Nightfall"

   Asimov, Isaac - "The Last Question"

   Barthelme, Donald - "Some of us had been threatening our friend Colby"

   Beckett, Samuel - "That Time"

   Bisson, Terry - They're Made Out of Meat

   Boyle, T. C. - The Hit Man

   Carver, Raymond - Little Things

   Chekhov, Anton - "The Bet"

   Dick, Philip K - "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" Gibson, William - Dogfight ("...he had nobody to tell it to. Nobody at all.")

   Hemingway, Ernest - The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

   Hemingway, Ernest - Hills Like White Elephants

   Makkai, Rebecca - "The Briefcase"

   Bradbury, Ray - "The Veldt"

   Saroyan, William - "Seventy Thousand Assyrians"

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4. baldfatAug 2017
   The real lost generation are the toddlers and preschoolers of today. The majority of parents have just disconnected. I work with about 300 3-5 year olds. They can't even notice that their tablet or phone is even talking to them. Communication from an adult is background noise.

   I think there isn't a truer SciFi short story out there then Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt."

   Leonard Nimoy's reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTGS5DqtR4

   Deadmau5 song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvtNS6hbVy4

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5. nbouscalFeb 2014
   * Tim Maly - Time, Again - http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TimeAgai.sh...

   * Ray Bradbury - The Veldt - http://www.veddma.com/veddma/Veldt.htm

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6. gojomoJun 2009
   Bradbury has had a distrust of the purely-virtual forever. Check out, for example, his 1951 short story "The Veldt" from "The Illustrated Man" collection. (You can find the story text online or easily read in a library or bookstore -- it's only 19 paperback pages.)

   Also from 1951, check out the story "The Pedestrian".

   Because written text is still so important in our online communications -- TV hasn't become the final media -- the future isn't quite as he'd feared. But there's still wisdom in his warnings.

   In particular, watch out for anyone who says, "Now that we have the Kindle, we can use all these old books as kindling!"

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