The Playground

From the iconic science fiction author of Fahrenheit 451 , a chilling dystopian short story that became a classic episode of TV’s Ray Bradbury Theater .   The Playground , first published in the hardcover edition of Bradbury’s legendary work Fahrenheit 451 , tells the story of Charles Underhill, a widower who must protect his young son, Jim, from the horrors of the playground. Passing the playground on their daily walk brings Charles back the anguish of his own childhood—a nightmare of vuln