Episode 26 - There Will Come Soft Rains (Ray Bradbury)

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of Ray Bradbury's story 'There Will Come Soft Rains' and its connections to various authors, stories, and films.

Theme : Our house … is a very, very, very smart house Episode Connections Authors, stories . Sara Teasdale, “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Dean Koontz, The Demon Seed . Alan Weisman, The World Without Us . James Tiptree Jr., “The Last Flight of Dr. Ain.” McSweeney’s.com. Fritz Lieber, “A Pale of Air.” Larry Niven, “Inconstant Moon.” Films . The Demon Seed . I, Robot . Back to the Future . Mad Max . Planet of the Apes . Winnie the Pooh . TV episodes, series . Ray Bradbury Theater . The Jetsons . The Jeffersons . Life After People . Little House on the Prairie . Ideas . Nuclear holocaust. Automated houses. "Life" after the apocalypse. Whoa - Hmmm - WTF . Dan says it is definitely a Hmmm story to begin with, but maybe a little bit a Hmmm - wtf. As in WTF did you humans do? Bill says it is a bit of Whoa because there are no humans. Previous episode : James Tiptree Jr., “The Last Flight of Dr. Ain” Next episode : Roger Zelazny, “For a Breath I Tarry” Music Credit : "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod ( Incompetech.com ). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Link : Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill Williamson, Dan Kamm

Topics covered

• smart houses
• nuclear holocaust
• automated houses
• life after the apocalypse
• Ray Bradbury
• science fiction

Keywords

• Ray Bradbury
• There Will Come Soft Rains
• smart house
• nuclear holocaust
• automated houses
• science fiction
• apocalypse
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: There Will Come Soft Rains, The Demon Seed, The World Without Us, The Last Flight of Dr. Ain, A Pale of Air, Inconstant Moon, I, Robot, Back to the Future, Mad Max, Planet of the Apes

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