There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf]
- linkjuice4all - 6469 sekunder sedanWorth noting - the original WW1 poem written by Sara Teasdale with the same name that may have inspired Bradbury:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(po...
- sonofhans - 9146 sekunder sedanI’ll always upvote Bradbury; what a master. Isaac Asimov used to talk about “the big 3” of science fiction of his era: himself (natch), Arthur C Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. The more I read of all those cats, and boy have I read them, I came to see that Asimov was wrong, and that Bradbury was a different and better writer altogether.
Bradbury’s stories are about people, deeply real and deeply feeling people. This thread is young and already comments are about how Bradbury made folks feel. He was a humanist, like Ursula LeGuin, and less interested in exactly how the ray guns worked. Frank Herbert seems like this to me as well, very humane, opposite of Greg Bear and Kim Stanley Robinson and (later stage) Neal Stephenson.
If you love Bradbury then take a look at Ian McDonald. When I read “Rainmaker Cometh” for the first time I had to do a double-take, so sure I was that it was a new Bradbury story.
- scarmig - 6042 sekunder sedanI read this recently and wanted to post it on August 4. You jumped the gun!
- nicbou - 5398 sekunder sedan
- aebtebeten - 361027 sekunder sedanthe soviet cartoon version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNHYz89sNc
- a_shovel - 3782 sekunder sedanThe paragraph about the stove making dozens of breakfasts as the house collapses at the climax of the story is what always stuck with me most. It would take a better writer than me to say why it works so well, I just know it does.
- kickofline - 7774 sekunder sedanI read this in high school English class. It remains one of my favorites.
- MengerSponge - 2616 sekunder sedanSelected Shorts had an episode where Kathleen Chalfant read this!
https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts/episodes/uncan...
I can't find the episode after a quick search... I wish there were an archive of their past episodes, but I imagine someone would have to pay extra to the performers for that right.
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- FpUser - 5931 sekunder sedanSoviet cartoon (1984) based on the story:
- soulofmischief - 6072 sekunder sedanI upvote anything Bradbury or Teasdale.
For anyone interested, here's a short game I made in 2 days for Ludum Dare back in 2019, which was inspired by the original poem and Bradbury's short story.
I didn't have enough time to balance the gameplay and add more scenarios, but it's a neat experience and contains one of my favorite personal musical compositions.
- focusedone - 8243 sekunder sedanwow
- chikinpotpi - 10292 sekunder sedanhow dare you make my feel my own feelings
Nördnytt! 🤓