Ray Bradbury: April 2005: Usher II

Ray Bradbury: April 2005: Usher II

In Ray Bradbury’s “Usher II,” Mr. William Stendahl has built an exact replica of Edgar Allan Poe’s The House of Usher on Mars as a protest against the censorship that has destroyed fantasy literature on Earth. In a society where all things imaginative are forbidden, Stendahl invites members of the Society for the Prevention of Fantasy to a macabre event at his newly built house, where they will experience a shocking experience.

Ray Bradbury: The Veldt

Ray Bradbury: The Veldt

The Veldt is a short story by Ray Bradbury, published on September 23, 1950, in The Saturday Evening Post and later included in The Illustrated Man (1951). Set in a future where technology dominates everyday life, it tells the story of the Hadley family and their automated home, designed to meet their every need. Its most significant innovation is a virtual reality games room capable of materializing any imagined environment. However, their peace of mind is disturbed when the room repeatedly projects a disturbing scene of the African savannah, where lions lurk in the grass. As their children’s obsession with this landscape grows, the Hadleys question the impact of excessive technology on their family.

Isaac Asimov: True Love

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In “True Love,” Isaac Asimov weaves a futuristic story where Milton Davidson, a software engineer, uses advanced artificial intelligence to find his ideal mate. Inside Multivac’s vast computer system, Milton meticulously programs the artificial intelligence, searching through millions to find the perfect woman for him. Preempting the arrival of Tinder and AIs in our lives, … Read more