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The Day It Rained Forever (1988)

The Day It Rained Forever (1988)

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0140101209 (ISBN13: 9780140101201)
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penguin uk

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I hadn't before thought of Ray Bradbury as such a good writer -- a good ideas person, but I hadn't thought of his stories as well-crafted, tight, polished things. These ones definitely are: they held me spellbound; I read them all at once. There's the magic of the ordinary and the everydayness of technology that is almost like magic; he does all this very well. I cared less for some of the stories, but all of them kept me reading, and most of them kept me wondering... Wondering what happened before, or what will happen after, or both. I think the post-apocalyptic story set in Mexico held me spellbound most securely: there's a kind of breathless futility about it that tightens and tightens until the end of the story. Lovely.

There are 6 unpublished stories in this collection.Here There Be TygersAnd the Rock Cried OutAlmost the End of the worldReferentThe Sunset HarpPerchance to Dream.Here There Be Tygers - space explorers find a planet uninhabitable but not for obvious reasons.And The Rock Cried Out - depressing tale of a married couple's journey through Mexico - leading to what they are sure is impending - disaster.Almost the End of the World- we would get so much done without television! I wholehartedly believe this.Referent - weird and cool alien storyThe Sunset Harp - Beautiful sea creature found in tourist MexicoPerchande to Dream - A spaceship crash leads to interplanetary disturbance - paranoid and cool.

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"The Long Rain"“How much farther, Lieutenant?”“I don’t know. A mile, ten miles, a thousand.”“Aren’t you sure?”“How can I be sure?”“I don’t like this rain. If we only knew how far it is to the Sun Dome, I’d feel better.”“Another hour or two from here.”“You really think so, Lieutenant?”“Of course.”“Or are you lying to keep us happy?”“I’m lying to keep you happy. Shut up!”--“How many million years since the rain stopped raining here on Venus?”“It never stops raining on Venus. It just goes on and on
—Kerrif

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