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.
