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* The [[Ray Bradbury]] short story ''[[There Will Come Soft Rains]]'' describes the activities of an automated house, long since abandoned but still running on its programming. As the story progresses, it becomes clear {{spoiler|that humanity was destroyed in a nuclear war at some point in the past (there is a reference to children's shadows burned into a wall). The house still runs, until it finally succumbs to decay at the end, but nobody will ever live there again}}. The title refers to a poem about how life will continue even after the end of humanity; the story basically says, "Not if we screw things up first". Haunting. (Incidentally the story can be read online [https://web.archive.org/web/20131001131445/http://www.gs.cidsnet.de/englisch-online/originals/soft_rains.htm here].
** The most disturbing part of the whole story: {{spoiler|The only living thing you see during the whole story is the family's dog, returning home to die from radiation sickness and starvation}}. Every man, woman and child should be forced to read this story. Do that, and it's a safe bet that the only place we will be launching any nukes will be straight into the sun.
*** What about seeing {{spoiler|the silhouettes burnt into the wall of the house, showing just where the people were when the bomb went off? In particular, you get this set of silhouettes, showing a boy, a girl, both of them adorable, and the ball that they had been tossing between them. Jesus H God that's a depressing bit.}}
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