There Will Come Soft Rains | Critical Overview
Despite the popularity of writers like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, science fiction was not well-regarded by critics at the time ''There Will Come Soft Rains" was published in the early 1950s. Though science fiction movies and books abounded, most received little or no critical attention. Bradbury was an exception to this trend, and indeed his popularity has given rise to the permanent acceptance of science fiction. Little criticism has focused specifically on the story "There Will Come Soft Rains," however, The Martian Chronicles, the collection in which it appeared, has been the...
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