The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

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Eric Mc

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Sunday 26th June 2011
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Currently on iPlayer having been broadcast recently on Radio 4 Extra.

I would highly recommend it as a scary listen - and extremely perceptive about the effects of immersive virtual reality on parent/children relationships. Especially so considering it was written in 1951.

Halb

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184 months

Sunday 26th June 2011
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A scary radio play? I don't listen to radio, but I did like the Ray Bradbury Theatre.
I might give this a try though, he was a good author.

Eric Mc

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Sunday 26th June 2011
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It was pretty faithfull to the original story. What was amazing was his awareness of where technology was going. We are already seeing the effects of parental abandonment and computer addiction on some children and this is essentially what this story is about.