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Bookmark or Share- The Veldt (short story) - Wikipedia"The Veldt" is a science fiction short story by American author Ray Bradbury. 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.
- Veld - WikipediaVeld (/ v ɛ l t / or / f ɛ l t /), also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
- The Veldt: Themes | SparkNotesLike many works of science fiction during the Space Age of the 1950s and 60s, “The Veldt” explores the nature of artificial intelligence. Writers of this era often imagined a time when human beings might create machines so advanced that they develop their own intelligence and personality.
- Veldt Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterLiterally, veld means "field," and is akin to feld, the Old English predecessor of field. English speakers adopted the Africa-specific sense of veld in the 18th century. Veld refers to open country in southern Africa. Different regions of the veld are distinguished by their elevations.
- The Veldt: Study Guide | SparkNotes'The Veldt' is a classic short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first printed in The Saturday Evening Post in 1950, and published in Bradbury's collection The Illustrated Man in 1951. In the story, the Hadleys live a life of leisure in a fully automated house called "The Happylife Home".
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