Hi, I'm LeVar Burton, and this is LeVar Burton reads.

In every episode I have hand-picked a different piece of short fiction and I've read it to you.

The only thing these stories have had in common is that I love them and

I hope you have to.

This is indeed the final episode of season 13 of

Laver Burton reads y'all.

But here's the thing.

You know how much I love reading aloud. And so rest assured, I'll figure out how

to continue to engage with you in storytelling that we love.

And as it's the final episode, it really made sense to read something today by one of the

greats.

A speculative storyteller whose work has endured for decades,

the great Ray Bradbury.

Ray Bradbury's stories are so powerful

and appeal to so many people, partially because they are

lyrical and colloquial, often playful, while all the time engaging with difficult truths.

The story that I've chosen for today is one of Bradbury's tales about time travel.

I think it's about human destiny and hope for the future. More than

anything, I think it's about the power of human storytelling.

The Toinbee Convector was written in 1983

and first published in Playboy magazine,

then later featured in a collection of short stories by the same title,

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