It calls out for the family, offering assistance and requesting for their preferences on trivial everyday matters, but the only response received is silence.Īfter a time of this pointless routine, a nearby tree falls and crashes through a window in the kitchen causing an aggressive fire to spread throughout the rooms of the house. It continues to make breakfast, wash the dishes, vacuum, dust and water the lawn. The family that had occupied the home must have died a long time before in some sort of nuclear war, as is hinted at via the ruined landscape, but the house is ignorant to the fact.
The story is set in the year 2026 in a sophisticated, self-sustaining house surrounded by a barren wasteland of rubble. I know I’m in safe hands when I read a Ray Bradbury short story, but even if I was unaware of his work I would be immediately assured by the stunning title There Will Come Soft Rains.Īnd it is very, very good.
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
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