![]() ![]() But is it also not a science fiction story – despite its futuristic setting with its super-house full of all mod cons – but a fantasy, because it contains a supernatural element?Ĭertainly, Ray Bradbury preferred to view his own work as ‘fantasy’ rather than hard ‘science fiction’, even if much of his work explores the impact of new science and technology on our lives. Is ‘The Veldt’, ultimately, a horror story? It certainly ends on a horrific note, albeit with the deaths of the parents happening ‘off stage’, as it were. Meanwhile, George and Lydia are positioned very much as the reactors to all this: their children think the lions into being, the nursery displays the lions, and George and Lydia react to their worryingly lifelike presence in the room. ![]()
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