There Will Come Soft Rains
Short story by Ray BradburyWikipedia
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Oct 28, 2026
Joanna PennHOST
Yeah.
Amy JonesGUEST
You've just reminded me, there is a really gorgeous BBC, I think it's 1960s, adaption of Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains, which is an incredible kind of dystopian short story.
Amy JonesGUEST
And similarly, yes, that really pulls on.
Amy JonesGUEST
It's naturally designed for sound effects, and especially the fact that it's a 1960s
Kevin MoreauHOST
uh but it's also really about like um the displacement and destruction of native peoples uh prejudice censorship nuclear war so um uh it's not hard science fiction but it's more kind of um focused on these kind of weighty themes that it doesn't use a heavy hand on.
Kevin MoreauHOST
There are a couple of standout stories that some people might have heard of, even if they haven't read the book, like Usher 2 and There Will Come Soft Rains.
Kevin MoreauHOST
And what was funny for me is that the very last chapter, The Million Year Picnic, takes place in the far off time of October, 2026. um i also um who is president now when the world ends yeah um uh dan talked about kind of you know those comics where you see somebody flipping like you see those kind of feet kind of going in the air i want to do a quick plug for um hogan's alley both the uh The magazine itself, which is about comics and comic strip, but also the Hogan's Alley Facebook group that I think, Kurt, you're a part of.
Kevin MoreauHOST
The moderator and the publisher of Hogan's Alley, Tom Hintges, I think is his name.
Andrew RimbyHOST
Well, and even using the text you include from Bradbury, which you've inspired me.
Andrew RimbyHOST
I'm going to use it in my writing and science course, which is There Will Be Soft Rains, which I remember reading.
Andrew RimbyHOST
I mean, that and The Vell are my favorites of his stories.
Andrew RimbyHOST
But like even with what he does with technology, like the agency of the machine, right? what he's doing and just the routine.