Thus, in “The Veldt” we see that Bradbury mixes elements of science fiction with a strong-nay, a terribly frightening- warning about humankind’s destruction of Earth’s creatures and resources. Originally appearing as 'The World the Children Made' in the September 23, 1950, issue of The Saturday Evening Post, it was republished under its current name in the 1951 anthology The Illustrated Man. One preeminent Bradbury scholar, George Edgar Slusser, has commented that “to Bradbury, science is the forbidden fruit, destroyer of Eden” (“Biography”). 'The Veldt' is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. In his creative work as well as in his interviews, he makes no bones about the fact that, despite his fascination with other worlds and other times, he is at heart a technophobe, loving intensely this Earth in all its magnificence and worried- already in the early fifties-by the effects of increasing mechanization on the planet. While usually thought of exclusively as a science fiction writer, Ray Bradbury is also a haunting essayist and an astonishingly lyrical poet. Originally published as the first narrative in a collection entitled The Illustrated Man, “The Veldt” was also one of three stories from the book adapted for a film version in 1969 and eventually published in play form, although neither of these is considered a critically important version of the original work.
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