Plots

Question 1

A Sound of Thunder

Answer 1

Set in 2055, the story focuses on Time Safari Inc., which provides wealthy customers a chance to go back in time to hunt ancient creatures.

Question 2

Marionettes Inc

Answer 2

Two friends, Braling and Smith, are talking about their desire to have a break from their wives.
Both consider / consult Marionettes Inc., an illegal company that creates life-size, realistic marionettes of people.

Question 3

The Other Foot

Answer 3

The inhabitants of Mars are buzzing with anticipation: a white man is coming.

Question 4

The Pedestrian

Answer 4

In the year 2053, Leonard Mead does the unthinkable: he goes for a walk.
Mead is arrested for this.

Question 5

The Veldt

Answer 5

The story focuses on the AI nursery of the Hadley family.
When the mental state of the children comes into question, they do whatever it takes to keep the nursery open.

Question 6

There Will Come Soft Rains

Answer 6

The focus of the story is a house in California that survived a nuclear bomb but is later destroyed in a fire.

Question 7

What story are these themes from?

• Life vs technology
• Death, control & time
• Nature vs technology

Answer 7

There Will Come Soft Rains

Question 8

What story are these themes from?

• Consumer culture
• ‘Too real’ reality
• Human nature
• Death of the family

Answer 8

The Veldt