Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury: The Veldt. Summary and analysis

Ray Bradbury: The Veldt. Summary and analysis

The Veldt is a short story by Ray Bradbury, published on September 23, 1950, in The Saturday Evening Post. The story follows George and Lydia Hadley, a couple living in a fully automated house that handles all their needs. The center of the home is a virtual reality nursery that materializes the thoughts of their children, Wendy and Peter. When the room constantly projects a disturbing African savannah inhabited by lions, Lydia suspects something is wrong. As they investigate, the parents discover that technology and children’s imaginations can become uncontrollable.

Ray Bradbury: Dark Carnival

Ray Bradbury: Dark Carnival

Bibliographic data Synopsis of “Dark Carnival” “Dark Carnival,” published in the United States by Arkham House in 1947, stands as one of Ray Bradbury’s earliest short story collections and is widely regarded as a pivotal work in the evolution of American science fiction. This collection assembles 27 pieces penned between 1943 and 1947, with several … Read more

Ray Bradbury: The Other Foot

Ray Bradbury: The Other Foot

Ray Bradbury’s short story ‘The Other Foot,’ included in his collection ‘The Illustrated Man’ (1951), tells the story of a black community on Mars that tensely awaits the arrival of a rocket from Earth, the first in twenty years and with a white man on board. The inhabitants of Mars, who had fled a past of racial discrimination and violence on Earth, are confronted with their memories and the temptation to reverse the roles of oppression as they welcome this new visitor.