12 and 13th of May the Public Readings of Ray Bradbury’s “The sound of thunder” were held at Tomsk AC. Those who visited these last public readings as a part of American Literature Year listened to the most famous science fiction story in the original, discussed its’ basic themes and shared with the impressions and thoughts about the story. From the film “Ray Bradbury. An American Icon” they learned lots of interesting facts about the life and works of the most famous American writer. The film was also purchased by US Embassy grant for the American Literature Year in Tomsk.