tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post6680121617056511067..comments2024-03-09T13:49:30.039+05:30Comments on Variety SF: Ray Bradbury's "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" (short story, science fiction): Lone smart home standing in city that died of nuclear attackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-50716161329868226522009-12-07T00:03:29.599+05:302009-12-07T00:03:29.599+05:30Oops! "was pretty much everything" =>...Oops! "was pretty much everything" => "was pretty much everywhere".Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-42543380205132890652009-12-07T00:01:56.777+05:302009-12-07T00:01:56.777+05:30It's been a while since I read it - so I don&#...It's been a while since I read it - so I don't recollect specifics, but "lack of human life" was pretty much everything - house prepares food, it lies around, robots clean it out uneaten - etc. There are several places it's made clear - I would have thought a reading of the story should make it obvious.<br /><br />"how bradbury use human cerbs to describe what machinery does": What is "cerbs"?Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-78221608558077102462009-12-06T16:05:29.665+05:302009-12-06T16:05:29.665+05:30thank you soo much.. i was wondering if you could ...thank you soo much.. i was wondering if you could help me out with something. <br />I have great difficulties finding out exaclty what denotes the lack of human life in the story as well as how bradbury use human verbs to describe what machinery does. I have discussed this with my literature club but we just couldnt agree on it. <br />hope u can help thank you : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-18312731193526535792009-12-06T16:04:48.480+05:302009-12-06T16:04:48.480+05:30thank you soo much.. i was wondering if you could ...thank you soo much.. i was wondering if you could help me out with something. <br />I have great difficulties finding out exaclty what denotes the lack of human life in the story as well as how bradbury use human cerbs to describe what machinery does. I have discussed this with my literature club but we just couldnt agree on it. <br />hope u can help thank you : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com