#StoryDecon: ‘A Sound of Thunder’ by Ray Bradbury

This article is filled with spoilers. If you haven’t read it already, you can find the 1952 story itself online here.

Plot summary

In the near future, Eckels, a hunter, pays to travel back in time with a safari group to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. When they arrive, the hunters are instructed by the guide, Travis, to stay on a metal path in order to avoid having severe repercussions on the future. Upon seeing the dinosaur Eckels becomes terrified and strays off the path, to Travis’s outrage. Back...