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Re: Young People Listen to Old SFF: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

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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
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>>>
>>> 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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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

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