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There Will Come Soft Rains

Ray Bradbury

First published May 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Martian Chronicles

Synopsis

In the near future after a nuclear war, an automated smart house still stands, attempting to serve the humans who no longer exist.

Notes

First published in May 6, 1950 issue of Collier's.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (111)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1950 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
May 1950 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
May 1950 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
May 1950 Collier's, May 6, 1950 Crowell-Collier MAGAZINE 34
August 1950 Argosy, August 1950 The Amalgamated Press MAGAZINE 123
September 1950 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1951 The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 214
1951 Adventures in Tomorrow Ambassador Anthology
February 1951 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
April 1951 Adventures in Tomorrow Greenberg Anthology 26
April 1951 Adventures in Tomorrow Greenberg Anthology 26
December 1951 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
January 1952 Beyond the End of Time Permabooks Anthology 202
November 1952 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1953 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday / SFBC Collection
1953 Adventures in Tomorrow The Bodley Head Anthology 34
May 1953 The Martian Chronicles The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
October 1954 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
February 1959 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection
1960 The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1962 Burgess Meredith Reads Ray Bradbury Prestige Lively Arts Collection
September 1962 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
1963 Of Men and Machines E. P. Dutton Anthology 344
1963 The Martian Chronicles Time Inc. Collection 248
1963 The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1965 The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 214
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 322
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 322
1966 From Frankenstein to Andromeda Macmillan UK Anthology |2
1966 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection
February 1966 The Vintage Anthology of Science Fantasy Vintage Books Anthology 30
March 1967 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
1968 Some Shapers of Man Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 5
February 1968 Adventures in Tomorrow Belmont Books Anthology 13
February 1968 Adventures in Tomorrow Belmont Books Anthology 13
1969 Something Strange Macmillan Anthology 172
1971 The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 214
1972 The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 166
1973 The Future: Can We Shape It? Scholastic Anthology 130
June 1973 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1974 Science Fact/Fiction Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 289
1974 The Martian Chronicles Heritage Club Collection 287
1974 The Martian Chronicles The Limited Editions Club Collection 287
1975 The Martian Chronicles: There Will Come Soft Rains / Usher II Caedmon Collection
1975 Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 5 Listening Library Collection |2
1977 The Silver Locusts Panther / Granada Collection 204
March 1978 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
1979 The Martian Chronicles Olivetti Collection |25
1979 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection |13
June 1979 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
1980 Space 6 Hutchinson Anthology 75
October 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 76
December 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 76
1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Granada Collection 76
1981 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 166
February 1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 76
August 1982 Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes Houghton Mifflin Anthology 296
October 1982 After the End Raintree Publishers Anthology 20
January 1983 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
July 1984 Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice J. M. Dent Anthology 52|52.2
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books Anthology 26
September 1984 The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 26
1985 Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice J. M. Dent Anthology 52|52.2
1985 The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 204
1985 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
October 1985 Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead Donald I. Fine Anthology 254
October 1986 Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead Primus / Donald I. Fine Anthology 253
1987 Beyond Armageddon: Survivors of the Megawar Robinson Anthology 253
1987 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Grafton Collection 140
1987 The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 204
1988 Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 331
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 230
1989 The Martian Chronicles The Easton Press Collection 287
1989 Technology Houghton Mifflin Anthology 55
1990 Science fiction Langenscheidt-Longman Anthology
1990 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Spectra Collection 166
May 1990 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Spectra Collection 166
July 1990 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 322
October 1990 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 76
November 1990 The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1992 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection 13
February 1993 The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 217
April 1993 The Puffin Book of Science Fiction Viking UK Anthology 95
1994 The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow State Street Press Anthology 907
1994 The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow Galahad Books Anthology 907
January 1994 William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Read Four Science Fiction Classics Caedmon Anthology Tape 3
May 1994 The Puffin Book of Science Fiction Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Anthology 95
1995 The Martian Chronicles Flamingo / HarperCollins Collection 217
1996 Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You Amsco School Publications Anthology 333
February 1997 The Martian Chronicles Avon Books Collection 248
2000 That Untravelled World Institute for the Study of English in Africa Anthology |6
April 2000 The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two Tor Anthology 423
May 2000 Holt Anthology of Science Fiction Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 216
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 718
April 2001 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 Tor Anthology
December 2001 The Martian Chronicles Voyager Classics / HarperCollins Collection 217
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 718
July 2005 Cosmos: The Science of Everything, July 2005 Luna Media MAGAZINE
May 2006 Beyond Armageddon Bison Books Anthology 253
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 HarperVoyager Collection
October 2009 The Martian Chronicles: The Complete Edition Subterranean Press & PS Publishing Collection 187
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 96
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 234
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 234
October 2010 The Last Man Anthology: Tales of Catastrophe, Disaster, and Woe Sword & Saga Press Anthology 126
January 2011 The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 235
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
August 2012 The Oxford Book of American Short Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 475
March 2018 Abandoned Places Shohola Press Anthology 19
May 2019 The End of the World and Other Catastrophes British Library Publishing Anthology 319