Why it springs to mind: Because it's raining heavily many days in a row - frequently if you live in the Seattle area.
Title: "The Long Rain" (1951)
Where read: In the short story collection The Illustrated Man
Length: 12 pages
Summary: A rocket ship crashes on Venus and the survivors journey through the unrelenting rains on Venus to shelter.
Memorable: The men's desire to see The Sun Dome, an illustration of the importance of hope.
Notable: The story was originally published in 1950 as "Death-by-Rain" in Planet Stories.
Quote:
Pairs well with: Other Bradbury short favorites: "The Veldt" and "All Summer in a Day"
About the author: One of the fathers of American science fiction (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012), he's also known for The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Dandelion Wine.
Title: "The Long Rain" (1951)
Where read: In the short story collection The Illustrated Man
Length: 12 pages
Summary: A rocket ship crashes on Venus and the survivors journey through the unrelenting rains on Venus to shelter.
Memorable: The men's desire to see The Sun Dome, an illustration of the importance of hope.
Notable: The story was originally published in 1950 as "Death-by-Rain" in Planet Stories.
Quote:
"It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a seating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains."Personal attachment: One of my favorites read in high school during my read all the Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov phase. Also the author and I share a birthday.
Pairs well with: Other Bradbury short favorites: "The Veldt" and "All Summer in a Day"
About the author: One of the fathers of American science fiction (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012), he's also known for The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, and Dandelion Wine.
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