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  Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-07-01 14:43 +0000
    Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-07-01 08:52 -0700
      Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-07-01 19:15 +0000
        Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-07-01 13:47 -0700
          Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2018-07-03 10:00 +1200
    Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-07-01 19:34 +0000

#494362 — Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt
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My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
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#494363

On Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:43:59 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
> Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
> 
> http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt
> -- 
> My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
> My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
> My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

Did they "read" a radio production (there's several, 
as you say) - or the "codex" form with words drawn onto 
leaves of paper, like a screen, but once you've read 
the story, you throw the "codex" away?

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#494367

In article <db609fa5-4003-4a26-aba2-95589a6b8c14@googlegroups.com>,
Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>On Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:43:59 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
>> Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
>> 
>> http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt
>> -- 
>> My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
>> My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
>> My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll
>
>Did they "read" a radio production (there's several, 
>as you say) - or the "codex" form with words drawn onto 
>leaves of paper, like a screen, but once you've read 
>the story, you throw the "codex" away?

They listen, as the title says. The url says read because this 
began as a reading project and the name of the site is Young
People Read Old SFF. 
-- 
My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll

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#494373

On Sunday, 1 July 2018 20:15:29 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
> In article <db609fa5-4003-4a26-aba2-95589a6b8c14@googlegroups.com>,
> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
> >On Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:43:59 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
> >> Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
> >> 
> >> http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt
> >> -- 
> >> My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
> >> My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
> >> My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll
> >
> >Did they "read" a radio production (there's several, 
> >as you say) - or the "codex" form with words drawn onto 
> >leaves of paper, like a screen, but once you've read 
> >the story, you throw the "codex" away?
> 
> They listen, as the title says. The url says read because this 
> began as a reading project and the name of the site is Young
> People Read Old SFF. 

I think that at least one cheated and read a book.
I didn't notice a production identified - perhaps in a previous episode - but I think I can identify this from
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story)#Adaptations>
as the "X Minus One" version of 1955?  Where what happens 
on the holodeck stays on the holodeck?  Whereas in the
original the kids get to Narnia and Aslan takes against
the parents.

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#494406

On 02/07/18 08:47, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 July 2018 20:15:29 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
>> In article <db609fa5-4003-4a26-aba2-95589a6b8c14@googlegroups.com>,
>> Robert Carnegie  <rja.carnegie@excite.com> wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:43:59 UTC+1, James Nicoll  wrote:
>>>> Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
>>>>
>>>> http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt
>>>> -- 
>>>> My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/
>>>> My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/
>>>> My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll
>>>
>>> Did they "read" a radio production (there's several,
>>> as you say) - or the "codex" form with words drawn onto
>>> leaves of paper, like a screen, but once you've read
>>> the story, you throw the "codex" away?
>>
>> They listen, as the title says. The url says read because this
>> began as a reading project and the name of the site is Young
>> People Read Old SFF.
> 
> I think that at least one cheated and read a book.
> I didn't notice a production identified - perhaps in a previous episode - but I think I can identify this from
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veldt_(short_story)#Adaptations>
> as the "X Minus One" version of 1955?  Where what happens
> on the holodeck stays on the holodeck?  Whereas in the
> original the kids get to Narnia and Aslan takes against
> the parents.

That is how I remember the original so I was a little confused by the 
Young People's comments blaming my memory. So thank you.

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#494371

James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
> Young People Listen To Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
>
> http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-veldt

    Paranoia about children was a common theme in the early Baby Boom
    years and The Veldt seems to be a prime example of the subgenre. I
    don't see the attraction myself but I know I am in the minority 
    where Bradbury was concerned.

They say that the Golden Age of SF is somewhere around the age of 
thirteen. Perhaps SFnal stories about adults who fear children pander to
Golden Age readers and make the readers feel more powerful?

✍

Thank you,

-- 
Don

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