"A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in Collier's magazine in the June 28, 1952, issue and later in Bradbury's collection The Golden Apples of the Sun in 1953.
A space-time vortex sucks a team of mismatched scientists, soldiers, survivalists, and adventurers into a universe filled with lush jungles and populated by dinosaurs, tribes of primitive hominids, and terrifying creatures.
