August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains

Historical View

The story is written in the tone light and ironic Bradbury, this chapter of Martian Chronicles is set in a future in which man has completed its journey. At dawn on August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California has been wiped out by nuclear war, but a House Mechanics 'fully automated' manages the minute the lives of a family has disappeared. Cheerful rhymes announce the alarm in the morning, the hours of work and school, prepare breakfast, mechanical appliances, read poems and remember the days of the deadlines. What is lacking, the author ...