Aug 5, 2026, 1:09 AM"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." Somewhere in the walls, relays clicked, memory tapes glided under electric eyes
- excerpt from There Will Come Soft Rain by Ray Bradbury.
Read the short story here https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/there-will-come-soft-rains.pdf
Aug 5, 2026, 2:45 AMThanks to the Internet Archive, I just discovered this comic adaptation of Ray Bradbury's *There Will Come Soft Rains*, beautifully illustrated by Wally Wood.
https://archive.org/details/there-will-come-soft-rains-part-6
Audio, read by Leonard Nimoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcURKn2sf8
Aug 5, 2026, 3:13 AM@cavyherd fantastic!!!
@docpop
I read this story in middle school in literature class. It was how I discovered sci fi literature. Funny thing is I was born on August 4. Thanks for this reminder!