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There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury

Start date: April 1, 2021

Finish date: April 30, 2021

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Jun 29, 2020 Sara rated it it was amazing

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

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

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

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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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