A Sound of Thunder

By Ray Bradbury,

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In "A Sound of Thunder", Time Safari, Inc. offers the greatest hunting trips ever--any year, any animal. But they don't guarantee you'll come back, or what you'll find if you do. And in "Night Call, Collect", who is harassing Emil Barton, the last man in the universe? After decades of…

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1 author picked A Sound of Thunder as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Whilst technically a short story rather than a full novel, this thing was written all the way back in 1952, but set in the year 2055. Yet somehow…it reads as if it could have been written in the 80s. It involves an agency that allows the rich to travel back in time and hunt prehistoric animals for kicks. Horrid, right? Well, yes. But the hook here is the caveat: Don’t deviate from the path laid out by the event organisers.

This story blew my mind as a kid and my own series wouldn't exist without it. It’ll teach you everything…

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