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'Marionettes And The Veldt'

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“The lions on three sides of them, in the yellow veldt grass, padding through the dry straw, rumbling and roaring in their throats. The lions… Where are your father and mother?” Ray Bradbury is acknowledged for his outstanding futuristic science fiction literature, especially the stories “Marionettes, Inc.” and “The Veldt”. He does a brilliant job of incorporating elements of drama into his text even with the science fiction topics. As a result of his excellent writing capability both “Marionettes, Inc.” and “The Veldt” are outstanding works of his. In similar ways the stories integrate the importance of robotics in their respective societies and display their roles very precisely. “Marionettes, Inc.” has robots replacing human beings and

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