The Veldt | Litsy

The Veldt | Ray Bradbury, Gary Kelley

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I‘m late to the party! I only recently discovered the connection between Deadmau5‘s “The Veldt” and Ray Bradbury‘s short story of the same name. My review of Bradbury‘s story provides further insight into Deadmau5‘s homage to Bradbury.

Full Review abookandadog.com/blog/the-veldt

AnnCrystal 🤩🌼💝. 4w

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sprainedbrain

The Veldt | Ray Bradbury, Gary Kelley

Not the twitter thread I needed when I‘ve been distracted by short stories all month and I‘m trying to finish 3 more big books by the end of April…

But the responses are filling up my reading list!

https://twitter.com/bookishseawitch/status/1519692127801860096?s=21&t=5YGfprjubF...

CindyMyLifeIsLit We‘re going to start this one next week!! ❤️❤️ 3y

Kimberlone This prompt makes me think of The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, anything Poe, Hills Like White Elephants…pretty sure I had my mind blown 🤯 by all of those in high school 3y

sprainedbrain @Kimberlone The Tell-Tale Heart was my first thought, but there were so many great ones! 3y

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sarahbellum A different Ray Bradbury short story, All Summer in a Day, is the one that has stuck with me the most 😔 3y

shortsarahrose “The Immortal” by Jorge Luis Borges, Freshman year of college. Still think about it to this day 3y

AWahle The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. I still remember it clearly 40 something years after reading it. 3y

sprainedbrain @sarahbellum @shortsarahrose @AWahle adding all of these! 3y

vivastory I 💯 agree about Poe. He''s a writer I've returned to throughout my life. 3y

Andrea313 @sarahbellum Yes, same here! Seared into my brain. 3y

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elizabethlk

The Veldt | Ray Bradbury, Gary Kelley

Our latest spooky season Lite Reads pick is The Veldt by Ray Bradbury! This dark 1950 sci-fi short story is about a family living in an automated house in which the children become increasingly obsessed with their nursery, a virtual reality room. You can find a link to read the story or hear it in the full intro post, link below. Let me know what you think of this one in the comments!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-W6

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