Asimov's "The Final Question," and Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder."
- A very short (one-paragraph) précis of each story. This should not be a recap, but rather a summary of the story's main points.
- To what extent does technology motivate each story? Without the SF mainstay of futuristic machines and gadgets, would the stories work at all? Why or why not?
- In which story is the technical element more believable; or, to put it another way, less unbelievable?
- Technology can be fascinating, but without people, there's no story. Which story presents the human element best? What is it, that makes the presentation of the human element in that story particularly effective?