"The Toynbee Convector" is a science fiction short story. First published in Playboy magazine in 1984, the story was subsequently featured in a 1988 short story collection also titled The Toynbee Convector. Bradbury presents 23 enthralling tales in which the wondrous and the unexpected are revealed in hidden facets of the real. A stunning collection of the kind of fiction that has only one source: the unparalleled Ray Bradbury.