Ray Bradbury, "2026: There Will Come Soft Rains"

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"The fire burst the house and let it slam flat down, puffing out skirts of spark and smoke."


Bradbury's "2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" is another science fiction piece set in the future. In my opinion, this was my least favorite story that we have read so far. It lacks any real plot; the events in the story seem to be written as if in a list, and it struggled to hold my attention throughout the whole story. In my opinion, virtually the entire story was description. The only conflict was the house burning down and even that did not interest me in the slightest because the author gives us no information at all about any characters other than a dog.
It left me wondering: how are we supposed to connect with the story at all, given such little information? Why should I care about the house burning down? All of these questions were left spinning in my mind after finishing the short story and it only served to frustrate me after a boring read about how different houses are going to be twelve years from now.