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August 18th 2018: There Will Come Gentle Rains" by Ray Bradbury


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Please join us for our next chat in  #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EDST) August 18th, 2018 -- 00:30  A.M. (GMT) August 19th -- for a discussion of "There Will Come Soft Rains"  by Ray Bradbury.

This rather short tale dates to 1950 at the beginning of the "let's all build a bomb shelter" frenzy in America.  Bradbury borrowed several memes of the era as well as some optimistic views of the development of the networked house.  When it was originally written the story was supposed to take place in 1985, in that year the story was revised to have it take place in 2026.  Other than that solitary edit, the story seems to have survived the passage of time.  I think you will enjoy the story and that it will lead to a spirited chat.

The story is available on line at:  http://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury.pdf

The #Readers_Corner is available at Koach.com

     Webchat:  http://koach.com/chatlogin.php?chan=readers_corner

     mIRC Users:  /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner

I hope to see you all at our chat.  Don't forget to bring a friend.

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