The narrator notes early in this opening scene that the house is “empty” (248), and the voice announces that it is time to get up “almost as if it is afraid that nobody would” (248).Īs the story continues, the daily routine of the house unfolds. The house has no human inhabitants to hear these messages. Nine minutes later, the voice announces it is time for breakfast. (248), time for the residents of the house to get up. An electronic “voice-clock” announces that it is 7:00 a.m. The story opens by describing a living room. “There Will Come Soft Rains” describes the operation of a robot-filled, automated house that continues to function after its human inhabitants are killed in an apparent nuclear explosion.
Many of his stories feature the dangers of scientific progress as a central theme.
This guide refers to the version published in The Martian Chronicles (Harper Perennial Modern Classics Kindle e-book edition, 2011).īradbury wrote his most famous works in the middle of the 20th century at the beginning of the nuclear arms race. Originally published in Collier’s Magazine in May 1950, “There Will Come Soft Rains” was published later that year as a chapter in Bradbury’s novel The Martian Chronicles.
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