There Will Come Soft Rains (1950) [pdf](users.wpi.edu)
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HN Discussion:
  • Reflects on mid-century nuclear war fears shaping fiction like this story
  • Notes the story's cultural influence on other artists and works
  • ~Observes how the story's predicted technology is now nearly realized
  • ~Points out incongruities between the story and modern screen-focused life
  • ~Prefers Bradbury's 'The Pedestrian' as more relevant to modern life