A Sound of Thunder and other Stories - Ray Bradbury

[Tej]

Most of you might have heard by now that the great Ray Bradbury has passed away at age 91 today.

His legacy is much written about elsewhere but I just thought I mention that one of his short stories was called A Sound of Thunder. It is the first story to literally introduce the concept of "The Butterfly Effect" though not the first to actually coin the phrase.


A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories

[Amy, Queen of Time]

Thanks for linking this. You beat me to it. There was a movie based on this as well. The movie version doesn't seem to have very good ratings. Did anyone watch it?

[Paul]

Amy wrote: "Thanks for linking this. You beat me to it. There was a movie based on this as well. The movie version doesn't seem to have very good ratings. Did anyone watch it?"

I have it on DVD. It was not that bad, but I honestly can't remember much about it (other than I enjoyed the first half of it), so it couldn't have been that good either.

P.

[John, Moderator in Memory]

If you are talking about the movie "The Butterfly Effect" starring Ashton Kutcher, it is one of my all time favorites. Although I will say that the theatrical release was better. The DVD offers an alternate ending that I did not care for.

[John, Moderator in Memory]

Never mind. I should have searched IMDB before I posted. I have not seen the 2006 movie "Sound of Thunder" but now that I've read the synopsis I will definitely watch for it.

[Tej]

There is an episode from a Canadian TV production called Ray Bradbury Theatre which is apparently much better than the cinema release. In fact the whole series sounds brilliant, each episode based on a Ray Bradybury story and scores a high rating on Amazon and IMDB. Never knew of this series and I dont think it was ever shown in UK but I see its on the DVD (for me as an import). Placing my order now :)

Someone has put the episode on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkLT57...