The Illustrated Man

A tattooed man whose body serves as a living anthology of stories, each tattoo coming to life and narrating its own tale when the narrator touches it.

The father in "The Veldt" who buys his children a nursery so advanced it can simulate any world they imagine, and grows uneasy at how attached they become to its African veldt setting.

George's wife in "The Veldt," the first of the family to sense that something is deeply wrong with the nursery and to push for shutting the whole house down.

The Hadleys' ten-year-old son in "The Veldt," fiercely possessive of the nursery and openly hostile to any suggestion that it be turned off.

Peter's twin sister in "The Veldt," who follows his lead in keeping the nursery running against their parents' wishes.