The Veldt

Written by Ray Bradbury

Narrated by A Full Cast

A wealthy couple builds the ultimate virtual playroom for their spoiled children. This electronic nursery comes complete with an African savanna and man-eating lions. It is so real, you can even smell the lions' last meal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Blackstone Audio
• Release date: Aug 20, 2009
• ISBN: 9781441720504

Ray Bradbury

In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

Reviews for The Veldt

[Joseph L · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I stumbled upon The Veldt after hearing the song inspired by and named after this short story. The narration and music that accompany this audiobook are probably some of the best of all the audiobooks I've listened to. Ray Bradbury keeps things abstract so your imagination can explore the possibilities and create its own rules

[kevn57-163679 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was one of the short stories I grew up on and one of the reasons I still love SF, 40 years after reading it for the first time. This story came out in a collection of stories the book was called "The Illustrated Man", still have my SF bookclub edition.