Wednesday, January 18, 2012

There will come soft rains

The short story "There will come soft rains" by Ray Bradbury fits the our definition of science fiction because it deals with a house that uses advanced electronic to serve its masters, even when they are dead. The house could be considered a form a robot, and even when its purpose for surviving, its family, is disintegrated with the rest of the towns population, it strives to do as it was programed. This story has many forms of extrapolation, the main component being a house that cooks, cleans, and reads for its inhabitants. I personally enjoyed this piece, partially because it seemed that the house truly loved its family, even though it was just following its programing.

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