![]() ![]() Upon returning from the past, the hunting party discovers that the death of that single butterfly millions of years earlier has produced devastating changes to their own time. rex, and in his panic he steps off the path, inadvertently killing a butterfly. Unfortunately Eckels is terror-stricken when confronted with the live T. ![]() "A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion," the guide warns him. While visiting the distant past, Eckels is repeatedly warned by his guide not to stray from Time Safari's predetermined path-damaging even a single blade of grass might cause reverberations through time that could have a dramatic impact on history. It concerns a hunter named Eckels who contracts with a company called Time Safari to go back in time to kill a tyrannosaurus rex. ![]() The title of Duran Duran's song Sound Of Thunder, from their 1981 album Duran Duran, alludes to Bradbury's celebrated short story "A Sound of Thunder." First published in the magazine Collier's in 1952, Bradbury's tale has become one of the most widely reprinted science fiction stories ever written, and is currently available in A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories. In honor of Ray Bradbury, the prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction who died yesterday at the age of 91, here are some musical selections influenced or inspired by his work. ![]()
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