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There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 31, 2020

Discussion: Short Story/Novella Collection

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Aug 03, 2020 Franky rated it really liked it

Shelves: short-stories, sci-fi, classics, dystopian, 2020-reading-challenge

I remember reading this as part of Bradbury’s classic science fiction compilation “The Martian Chronicles.” I also remember reading this in high school, being fairly indifferent to it, but not having the maturity or appreciation that I do now as I read this story.

The striking element of reading Bradbury is that one can pick up bits and pieces of just how truly prophetic his writings are at times, giving a glimpse of the future modern world. “There Will Come Soft Rains” is a story set in the fut ...more

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Jul 02, 2020 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it it was amazing

Shelves: american-lit, science-fiction, apocalyptic, environment, read-in-2020

I would never choose a Ray Bradbury story. I am just not his audience. But one of my groups picked it and I saw it was short so I decided to read it, and I am so glad that I did! This story is brutal, shocking, and emotive. The characters are absent and the absence is powerfully moving. I will not soon forget this simple, evocative story.

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Aug 25, 2018 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction-20th-century, audio-books, american-fiction, science-fiction, short-stories, novellas, read-2018, fiction

From BBC radio 4 Extra:
2026: With surroundings destroyed and devoid of human life, an automated house carries on...

Ray Bradbury's short story starring Joan Miller as the Woman and David King-Wood as Commentator

Music composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins

Singers: Ann Dowdall and John Carol Case.

Adapted and produced by Nesta Pain.

First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in September 1962.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/b007... ...more

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Apr 01, 2022 Nadine rated it it was amazing

A great short story, depicting the way a modern house('smart home' we would say now) keeps operating after a nuclear bomb has hit. No people in this story and yet a compelling read.
My version was set in 2024, which added to the creepiness, I read there are also versions set in the 80s and 2050ish.
Another brilliant piece by Bradbury. ...more

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