A Sound of Thunder

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Summary: Radio Drama of the Highest Caliber!
Review: 'A Sound of Thunder' and 'Night Call, Collect' are the two short stories that have been dramatized here. Originally part of the 'Bradbury Thirteen' radio series from 1986, these radio dramas have become very difficult to find. Here they have been re-released in a nice protective package. These productions (of which there are five other releases from D. H. Audio) are of the highest caliber you find in modern or classic radio dramatizations alike. The stories are science fiction classics the liek of which only Ray Bradbury can deliver. They will both frighten and thrill you with their brilliance. I am glad to see them available once again.

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Summary: Bradbury's Time Travel fable...
Review: A SOUND OF THUNDER is one of science fiction's classic time travel fables. It is, in my estimate, one of Bradbury's short story masterpieces. The plot is deceptively simple...even with the jolting, knock-your-socks-off ending. A jaded rich guy imagines himself a hunter of preeminent skill and hires TIME SAFARI Inc. to wisk him back 60 million years to stalk and kill T-Rex, the most vicious eating machine of all time. Predictably, trouble happens big Time. In a moment of panic "hunter" Eckels...initially heedless of danger in a Jurassic "park" that's no Disneyland...flees, inadvertently squashing a butterfly......

Consequences are catastrophic: the food chain is disturbed and HISTORY devestatingly altered. Bradbury uses this now-cliched scenario to make incisive observation about vunerability of DEMOCRACY (beautiful, fragile, and rare) and ironies of human fraility endangering it. His description of Tyrannasaurus Rex, monster dinosaur King, bellowing in enraged hunger, is not only frightening but politically allegorical. A SOUND OF THUNDER is science fiction fable. It warns of deadly consequence in toying with unappeasable appetite and raw power. Bradbury's ultimate Beast is The Dictator the story's altered time continuum erupts into world dominion. THE SOUND OF THUNDER is his war cry proclaiming victory over crushed humanity pleading for mercy...Very scary stuff!

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Summary: Something worth remembering
Review: The smallest action can do a lot in the longrun. That is what the book, "Sound of Thunder", portrays. In it, four men go back in time to the prehistoric ages to kill a dinosaur for sport. The organizer made sure that all precautions were met so they would not change any future events. One of them stepped on a butterfly, and when they got back they found that the human race has changed due to the death of one butterfly millions of years ago. The language changed, and their way of thinking changed, all due to what is called the "butterfly" effect. Which goes a little something like this: A butterfly flaps its wings, which causes the wind to change direction a little, blowing pollen toward the direction of a rhinocerous. The rhino sneezes, startling a nearby herd of zebras, and cause a stampede. It goes on. You get the idea. Ultimately, you'll find that the story is very well constructed. I read the book, "Sound of Thuder," for English class two years ago. I was assigned to do a presentation of it. It was the only one, out of sixteen, short stories that I actually read for that class, because I could not stop reading. For months, I thought as if my actions would someday cause a big change such like the butterfly in the story. Yesternight, I was laying on my bed, remembering the story, and since it was short, I figured maybe I can get a copy off the internet. I found this site instead, and wanted to comment on it. It was excellent. I loved it, and I hope to read more stories such as this, as I look forward to my senior year in high school. -Rannier Veloso, 16

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Summary: this short story was a full action packed entertaining story
Review: This Bradbury classic is a very great way to keep a person of any gender and of all ages entertained. That is if your into sci-fi thrillers that have to do with side effects of time travel. It's not very long and it is extremely easy to read. It is full of great action and suspense. It is a great story to also read in the claasroom. I highly reccommend it. Sincerely Micah (a bradbury fan)

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Summary: Shocking.
Review: Unbelievably good, with a shocking conclusion. Ray Bradbury is already a name well-known in the Household of Good Fiction, but he outdid himself with this one. Superb reading from a great author!