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The Veldt

Ray Bradbury

First published February 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A couple whose smart home includes a nursery which provides holographic simulations for their children's play begin to notice disquieting things about its activity.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (109)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1951 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection |2
February 1951 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
April 1951 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
1952 The Illustrated Man Hart-Davis Collection
April 1952 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
June 1952 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1953 The Illustrated Man Doubleday / SFBC Collection 15
July 1953 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
October 1954 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
November 1954 Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time Random House Anthology 185
1955 Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 185
1955 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 7
March 1955 Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time Random House / SFBC Anthology 175
January 1957 Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
April 1958 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
1960 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 7
April 1961 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
October 1962 The Illustrated Man Doubleday Collection
1963 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1963 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
September 1963 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
September 1963 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1965 Second Orbit: A New Science Fiction Anthology for Schools John Murray Anthology
1965 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
August 1965 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 13
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 13
December 1965 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1966 Masters' Choice Simon & Schuster Anthology 52
1966 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection
1966 Untravelled Worlds Macmillan UK Anthology
June 1967 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1968 Masters' Choice Herbert Jenkins Anthology
1969 Masters' Choice 1 Tandem Anthology 52
March 1969 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
March 1969 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
September 1969 The Illustrated Man Doubleday / SFBC Collection 15
December 1969 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 7
1971 World Zero Minus Macmillan UK Anthology 108
January 1971 18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 37
1972 The Illustrated Man Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 7
July 1972 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1973 Science Fiction 3 Houghton Mifflin Anthology
August 1973 Past, Present, and Future Perfect Fawcett Premier Anthology 80
1974 The Illustrated Man Corgi Collection 7
February 1974 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 251
1975 World Zero Minus Macmillan UK Anthology 108
1975 Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 2 Listening Library Collection |1
July 1975 Ray Bradbury Harrap Collection 11
1976 The Illustrated Man: The Veldt and Marionettes, Inc. Collins Caedmon Collection
1976 The Illustrated Man: The Veldt and Marionettes, Inc. Caedmon Collection
1976 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow ... Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 251
November 1976 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
March 1977 Space 3 Abelard-Schuman Anthology
June 1977 The Illustrated Man Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Collection
September 1977 The Best Horror Stories Hamlyn Anthology 433
April 1978 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1979 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection |5
August 1979 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
October 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 196
December 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 196
1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Granada Collection 196
February 1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 196
1982 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
1982 Suspense John Murray Anthology 73
August 1982 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
August 1982 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
January 1983 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
1984 The Best Horror Stories Hamlyn Anthology 433
1985 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
1987 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Grafton Collection 325
January 1988 The Illustrated Man Bantam Books Collection 7
July 1990 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 13
September 1990 The Best Horror Stories (abridged) Ivy Leaf Anthology 246
October 1990 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 196
October 1991 Science Fiction I Hatier Anthology 39
1992 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection 5
July 1992 The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls Viking UK Anthology 93
April 1993 Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality Citadel Twilight Anthology 3
October 1993 The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Anthology 93
September 1995 Ghosts, Ghouls and Other Nightmares Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Anthology 93
May 1996 The Illustrated Man Gauntlet Press Collection
December 1996 American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin Anthology 264
1997 American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin / BCE Anthology 264
1997 The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings Oxford University Press Anthology 129
June 1997 The Illustrated Man Avon Books Collection 7
February 1998 The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres Heinemann Anthology 138
August 1999 Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies TV Books Anthology 341
2001 The Illustrated Man William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 7
2001 Nasty Endings 2 Oxford University Press Anthology 90
November 2001 The Illustrated Man Book-of-the-Month Club Collection 7
August 2002 The Illustrated Man Voyager Classics / HarperCollins Collection 15
2003 The New Windmill Book of Stories from Different Genres Heinemann Anthology 138
August 2008 The Illustrated Man Paw Prints Collection
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 HarperVoyager Collection
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 239
January 2011 The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 270
October 2011 The Illustrated Man Harper Perennial Modern Classics Collection 7
2012 The Illustrated Man The Easton Press Collection 15
March 2012 The Illustrated Man Simon & Schuster Paperbacks Collection
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
January 2018 The Illustrated Man Amazon Digital Services Collection |2
August 2018 The Illustrated Man Recorded Books and Blackstone Publishing Collection |2
September 2018 The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls Puffin Anthology
September 2018 The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls Puffin Anthology
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |311
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |311
December 2021 We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |311