In its best-known story, Wendy and Peter lock their parents George and Lydia in a virtual reality "nursery" where they are eaten by lions.
When a character from this collection fires a pistol at his hand, a blue phosphorescence arrests the bullet in mid-air. In a story from this collection, Hernando observes a procession of cars fleeing the end of the world, and asks: "What do they mean, ‘the world'?" In its epilogue, the narrator runs away before an image of the title character choking him to death can fully coalesce. A society built upon reverse-Jim Crow segregation admits two white travelers upon learning that cotton fields and other reminders of racism were (*) wiped away with the destruction of the Earth, in this collection's story "The Other Foot." A man replaces himself with a surrogate robot, who kills him and runs off with his wife, in this collection's story "Marionettes, Inc." In its best-known story, Wendy and Peter lock their parents George and Lydia in a virtual reality "nursery" where they are eaten by lions. For 10 points, "The Veldt" is one of several stories depicted on the tattooed body of a former carnival worker in what collection by Ray Bradbury?
When a character from this collection fires a pistol at his hand, a blue phosphorescence arrests the bullet in mid-air.
The Illustrated Man