A Sound of Thunder
by Ray Bradburyliterary work· published 1952
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"A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in Collier's magazine on June 28, 1952, and later in Bradbury's 1953 collection The Golden Apples of the Sun. In the year 2055, time travel is a practical reality, and the company Time Safari Inc. offers wealthy adventurers the chance to travel back in time to hunt extinct animals such as dinosaurs. A hunter named Eckels pays the company to travel to the Mesozoic to hunt a Tyrannosaurus rex. He expresses relief that the candidate Keith won the presidential election the day before, noting that he might want to use a time machine to escape if the would-be dictator Deutscher had become President of the United States instead.
Adaptations (1)
A Sound of Thunder was adapted into a 2005 film.
A Sound of Thunder2005 · film · 110 min · dir. Peter Hyams · IMDb ↗When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
