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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Have you read Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains? One of my all-time favorite short stories.

I wish I had such a fertile mind as Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov, and the rest. I have been waiting forever for a competent filmmaker to take on Niven’s Ringworld.

24 posted on 05/11/2025 6:48:07 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: telescope115
Have you read Bradbury’s There Will Come Soft Rains? One of my all-time favorite short stories.

I don't remember the name, but one of my favorites of his takes place in an Asian country completely surrounded by a Great Wall.

A young man creates a pair of wings that allow him to fly anywhere, including over the wall, that he demonstrates to the King.

The King has him killed before he can demonstrate it to anyone else, because the technology represents an existential threat to their civilization.

30 posted on 05/11/2025 7:02:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: telescope115

‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

Yes! From, ‘The Martian Chronicles.”

I’ll check out ‘Ringworld.’


77 posted on 05/12/2025 6:26:04 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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