There Will Come Soft Rains
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" is a classic Ray Bradbury short story depicting an automated house continuing its daily routines after its human inhabitants have been wiped out by nuclear catastrophe.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
post-apocalyptic fiction
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science fiction short story ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
animated film adaptation
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radio drama adaptation ⓘ stage adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Ray Bradbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
automation
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environmental destruction ⓘ human extinction ⓘ nuclear war ⓘ routine and emptiness ⓘ technology and humanity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Collier's magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | short fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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post-apocalyptic fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAllusionTo | Sara Teasdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNoHumanProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Illustrated Man
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Martian Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | poem There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
imagery
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irony ⓘ personification of house ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLocation | fully automated house ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | automated house ⓘ |
| notableFor |
anti-nuclear message
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critique of blind faith in technology ⓘ depiction of automated house without humans ⓘ |
| plotElement |
house continues daily routines after humans die
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house is destroyed by fire ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine publication ⓘ |
| settingContext | after nuclear war ⓘ |
| settingTime | future ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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young adult readers ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | poem There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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cautionary ⓘ |
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