"August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury

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  • @K-bb2bc
    @K-bb2bc 8 років тому +192

    This house reads poetry to a dead woman every night…
    I never thought I would feel this kind of genuine sympathy for a building

  • @arielbac0n
    @arielbac0n 8 років тому +257

    When i was in middle school i had a princple who knew ray bradbury and managed to get like 30 students a copy of ray bradbury's "frenhiet 451" with a signature from Bradbury himself... Its a prized possession of mine lol.

    • @screamofsodak6562
      @screamofsodak6562 7 років тому +10

      arielbac0n I envy you

    • @NoName-xc4hk
      @NoName-xc4hk 4 роки тому +9

      Now that he passed away, that is probably very rare to come by. You could sell it for a lot, but if I were you I wouldn’t.

    • @ElRiki77
      @ElRiki77 2 роки тому +2

      tf is frenhiet

    • @barbarahecht4617
      @barbarahecht4617 2 роки тому +4

      @@ElRiki77 that should be Fahrenheit. People these days can't/won't try to spell correctly anymore. You're supposed to guess what they're saying 🙄.

    • @tuduluoo7408
      @tuduluoo7408 Рік тому +1

      ​@@barbarahecht4617Yep stay mad ❤

  • @JaneDoe-kn5sd
    @JaneDoe-kn5sd 10 років тому +177

    There's a house referencing this story in Fallout 3.

    • @themandownstairs4643
      @themandownstairs4643 7 років тому +8

      Jane Doe the one with the radiation leaking in downtown eh?

    • @classifiedx4901
      @classifiedx4901 7 років тому +2

      Jane Doe I'm gonna look for it, where is it located?

    • @ediot1426
      @ediot1426 7 років тому +7

      no the creepypasta referenced the the game

    • @tristen4142
      @tristen4142 7 років тому +9

      Classified X It’s the Mclean family house. It’s a townhouse located in Georgetown, good luck finding it.

    • @Coliocoliocolio
      @Coliocoliocolio 6 років тому +4

      The story references fallout 3

  • @dragonblasterz7068
    @dragonblasterz7068 11 років тому +67

    The dog reminded me of the house; they both survived the nuclear blast and both of their masters had perished during it. Then both did and were burned in the end.

  • @grizzlybearsd
    @grizzlybearsd 10 років тому +77

    This mellow/nostalgia/Sci-fi type of pasta is so amazing.
    It's so descriptive and to the point. I was able picture everything that was being said, like a movie I guess.
    My favorite pasta so far. I can see this as a movie or short. Would love to see this as an animation, maybe directed by Tim Burton? I honestly see this story as a stop motion animation like Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wallace & Gromit, etc.
    I'm just so obsessed with this type of genre

    • @Gh0st652
      @Gh0st652 10 років тому +5

      There is an animated short, although it is in Russian, if that even matters to you. It's on UA-cam

    • @MarsupialMason
      @MarsupialMason 6 років тому +9

      Then you should read anything by ray bradbury or john wyndham. Both amazing authors that write stories you feel that your in. Amazing really

    • @FHSlipKnot4Ever
      @FHSlipKnot4Ever 4 роки тому +2

      I'd suggest "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Bradbury. One of my favorites by him.

    • @grizzlybearsd
      @grizzlybearsd 3 роки тому +1

      It's a pasta, period. 🙅‍♀️💅🏻

    • @barbarahecht4617
      @barbarahecht4617 2 роки тому +4

      @@grizzlybearsd No, it's not just a pasta.
      It's a short story by Ray Bradbury which has been available to readers long before creepy pastas were even thought of. Bradbury is responsible for some of the best short stories I have ever heard in my life. Too bad that's a concept that you cannot comprehend.

  • @septogram7
    @septogram7 10 років тому +46

    It is 2014 and I still come back to listen to this story.
    Thank you for the reading MCP.
    Rest in peace Ray Bradbury. Rest in peace amongst the soft rains and the smell of the ground.

  • @DavidLee-id3lf
    @DavidLee-id3lf 9 років тому +130

    August 4th 2026 the new back to the future day

  • @tabithacurlin1294
    @tabithacurlin1294 8 років тому +13

    my English class was reading along to this recording of the story. I recognized your voice immediately but couldn't remember your name till my friend pointed it out. great job on this, even though it's a relatively old video now I still find it a great telling of the story

  • @JelloGoesLive
    @JelloGoesLive 7 років тому +21

    My favorite author... I was so devastated when he passed. Thank you for doing a reading of this story.

  • @tmk20221
    @tmk20221 2 роки тому +3

    I'm glad I rediscovered this, I remember reading it for school and really liking it

  • @InsaneGold
    @InsaneGold 4 роки тому +10

    Your narration of this is still wonderful to hear, and still brings me to tears. Only 6 years until 2026 comes around, hope we'll be around by then. 😂

    • @StoicVeR
      @StoicVeR 2 роки тому

      mmm.... yes. Russia checked the roster for doom dates and went "Ah, interesting"

  • @indictmntt
    @indictmntt 8 років тому +20

    I remember when you first released this... it never got the recognition it deserved... :')

  • @Quintinity
    @Quintinity 7 років тому +11

    freaking love this story. so much meaning in a few pages.

  • @Bru1nsfan95
    @Bru1nsfan95 2 місяці тому +3

    2 years to go!

  • @silvaajess
    @silvaajess 10 років тому +19

    I read this in class with his narration and when the teacher said "the narration by mrcreepypasta" everyone screamed and were omg I know him

  • @dferver
    @dferver 3 роки тому +10

    As the date gets closer, I can see this more as a premonition of what's to come, rather than a simple sci-fi story that I read casually in 1994 in English class...

  • @SilverGummiShark
    @SilverGummiShark 12 років тому +10

    It's hard for me to describe the way this chills me...
    But I've never felt such a mixture of sadness, amusement, and horror in all my life.
    RIP Ray Bradbury.

  • @shaunaniguns
    @shaunaniguns 11 років тому +24

    It says: "Mrs. McClellan, which poem would you like this evening?"
    Mrs. McClellan.
    Not Mrs. McLennan.
    This reading was done very well.
    I also enjoy the reading by Leonard Nimoy.

  • @HoneyBunchesofToast
    @HoneyBunchesofToast 12 років тому +1

    Thanks for this tribute, Mr. CreepyPasta. Ray Bradbury has been a favorite author of mine since I was little, and this story is close to my heart. Truly lovely rendition.

    • @illusents
      @illusents 3 роки тому

      Hey I knew you would have commented here 8 years ago

  • @maysayumi
    @maysayumi 5 років тому +3

    this is amazing, you just made me realise how many alliteration and rhyme that story have

  • @NerfSniperInSouthern
    @NerfSniperInSouthern 10 років тому +52

    I heard this with the same narration from Mr Creepypasta! LOL Like if you heard this in middle school!

    • @genesisrail
      @genesisrail 5 років тому

      MiDNiTE_FaNG I didn’t hear this in middle school, (I wish I did,) but I just find the fact that you did awesome and hilarious

  • @mrsmforlife
    @mrsmforlife 9 років тому +19

    Ray Bradbury was my fave since I was in high school - I don't think he ever wrote a story that wasn't incredible...

    • @barbarahecht4617
      @barbarahecht4617 2 роки тому

      Miss Murder- I agree with you. Some of my favorites include- The Fruit At The Bottom of the Bowl, Usher II, The Veldt, and, of course- A Sound of Thunder.

  • @HeatherBrand23
    @HeatherBrand23 11 років тому +26

    If I had a clock like that I would shoot it, telling me what to do every second, pfft

  • @jewel63875
    @jewel63875 11 років тому +40

    Why do I feel pity for the house more than I the dog?

    • @teyab5517
      @teyab5517 6 років тому

      Hm because you are insane?

    • @fenrisvermundr2516
      @fenrisvermundr2516 5 років тому +11

      Because unlike the Dog, it continues to go on unaware that anything bad had Happened.

  • @DarkWriter760
    @DarkWriter760 10 років тому +11

    Holy crap, I remember this back in grade school. 10 years ago. :O

  • @kid6805
    @kid6805 9 років тому +14

    In my English class we're reading a bunch of Bradbury's stories, so when my teach said we were reading this I screamed. And now I've introduced my 10th grade English teacher to the world that is Creepypasta.

  • @oreo_was_here9621
    @oreo_was_here9621 Рік тому +2

    I think my favorite part is when the narrator of the story essentially goes, as the fire blazed there was still one asshole robot reading poetry like nothing is happening.
    To be real, the entire story is amazing. I read it for a class but actively seek it out because of how soon it is set.

  • @AliceAeroMCR
    @AliceAeroMCR 12 років тому +1

    R.I.P Mr. Bradbury, I know of your works but have never had the pleasure of reading them; but this was a wonderful dystopian story

  • @jawjagrrl
    @jawjagrrl 3 роки тому +3

    Interesting to hear all the aspects of a 2026 smart house that have already come to exist by 2021 as I revisit this gem for the first time in over 40 years. Robot vacuums, computerized calendars/talking assistants like alexa, siri, etc. Charming that Bradbury imagined us still playing bridge over martinis, smoking cigars by the fire by this time. We don't worry about nuclear holocaust now the way we did then, having moved on to a not-so-imagined biological armageddon. Perhaps robots will vacuum one day for no one as millions of abandoned digital devices play creepypastas thanks to our perfection of Nicola Tesla's wireless power network...

  • @YeagerBomb-ww3bn
    @YeagerBomb-ww3bn 10 років тому +23

    Well, twelve years until this is to be.

    • @jasminedecoteau6171
      @jasminedecoteau6171 7 років тому +2

      Yeager Bomb Now it's only 10 yrs to go, well it is almost 2018 (Nov.26th) but damn time flies! ~♤~♡♡♡

    • @gothroachie
      @gothroachie 6 років тому +4

      9 years, as of now :(

    • @jelleptic
      @jelleptic 5 років тому +2

      7 now

    • @genesisrail
      @genesisrail 4 роки тому +3

      Now 6 years

    • @thatsaboat2882
      @thatsaboat2882 4 роки тому +3

      It’s the final count down

  • @thetealeo
    @thetealeo 11 років тому +2

    A brief elaboration of this short story (WARNING SPOILERS): The story is about a lone but futuristic house that survived a nuclear attack. It's residents, now dead from the explosion (silhouettes are proof), the house continues to function itself. Eventually, without their residents to do their parts for them, the house destroys itself as a result of it's own functions, which causes it to burn down. Still, one last wall remains, as the house's AI slowly drifts away...

  • @Cupkik
    @Cupkik 12 років тому +1

    Oh wow this story has been stuck in my head since highschool. Good read, thanks for doing this :) and RIP Ray Bradbury

  • @jreliford34
    @jreliford34 2 роки тому +1

    We seem closer to this poem, more now than ever.

  • @Detanon
    @Detanon 12 років тому +5

    Ah, I haven't read this story in years. I think it's the first post-apocalyptic thing I ever read. Though I was really young at the time and didn't understand it very well. It's weird that I forgot about it until hearing you read it. I like how you did the robotic voice!

  • @someoneawesome8717
    @someoneawesome8717 4 роки тому +3

    This story is always leaves me feeling so melancholy, no matter how many times I listen to it

  • @VoldasTeperas
    @VoldasTeperas 2 роки тому +1

    To this day I still come here...

  • @calicojo3536
    @calicojo3536 5 років тому +2

    My favorite Ray Bradbury short story.

  • @leahp.5019
    @leahp.5019 7 років тому +1

    I read this short story in high school. It stayed with me for years. Beautifully heartbreaking.

  • @MangaManifaction
    @MangaManifaction 12 років тому +1

    More Ray Bradbury stories please.
    This is a whole new experience from reading them

  • @Greel97
    @Greel97 12 років тому +2

    I'm always so proud of myself whenever I finish a good story, no matter what the length. Then I read or listen to some of the works of masters such as Bradbury. The way it's sutble yet does not drag on. The emotions it slowly feeds you is almost like pumping them into you through a small hospital IV drip. He's amazing. The twists and turns... this is what true writing is. And then I go back and delete my stories half the time knowing that it's nowhere near up to par. :(

  • @genesisrail
    @genesisrail 4 роки тому +67

    Anyone watching in 2020? 😂
    2026 is only 6 years away now
    Be very afraid

    • @thatsaboat2882
      @thatsaboat2882 4 роки тому +1

      The grand finale

    • @genesisrail
      @genesisrail 4 роки тому +1

      @@thatsaboat2882 *finale

    • @thatsaboat2882
      @thatsaboat2882 4 роки тому +2

      Genesis Rail thanks

    • @TheMrMayo
      @TheMrMayo 2 роки тому +1

      It's 7/8/22 at moment. Not there yet, but couldn't help respond.

  • @GloomyFish
    @GloomyFish 7 років тому +2

    I've always liked the way Ray Bradbury writes. It's kind of hypnotic and almost lyrical...

  • @gabinoaguayo5661
    @gabinoaguayo5661 9 років тому +9

    One of my favorite Ray Bradbury short stories.

  • @KeroKirisame
    @KeroKirisame 9 років тому +13

    This fills me with a feeling of emptiness for reasons I do not completely understand...

    • @greatgallade
      @greatgallade 3 роки тому +2

      Maybe because a nuke went off and the world is dead

    • @nukey427
      @nukey427 3 роки тому

      @@greatgallade lool

  • @tylerramos7633
    @tylerramos7633 Рік тому +1

    This is still my favorite reading of this story I’ve ever heard

  • @bunnysplicer4427
    @bunnysplicer4427 6 років тому +1

    We listened to this in my english class today, and the voice sounded super familiar, and I realized/thought it was MCP and it frickin was and im lowkey proud of myself for recognizing your voice lmao. I havent listened to you read anything since like,, 6/7 grade (im in 12th now)

  • @jaketinsleywbc
    @jaketinsleywbc 12 років тому +1

    i read this book, i can't think of anyone better to narrate it.

  • @austinmccuen5089
    @austinmccuen5089 Рік тому +1

    I'm convinced Mr creepy pasta is just Elijah wood doing side projects

  • @RealMcNills
    @RealMcNills 6 років тому +6

    Ray Bradbury, forever one of the greatest authors

  • @peaches4fwee
    @peaches4fwee 11 років тому +1

    I cry every time I read/listen to this

  • @MrFusion
    @MrFusion 6 років тому +6

    We listened to this in my English class. It was quite strange, but interesting. We really do live in a small world...

  • @TheShortGirl666
    @TheShortGirl666 8 років тому +2

    I love me some Ray Bradbury!

  • @Ethan-ct2px
    @Ethan-ct2px 9 років тому +25

    Great story, reminds me of Fallout.

    • @mynameachef8614
      @mynameachef8614 9 років тому +7

      Ethan Heisey there is a Easter egg in fallout 3 about it

    • @macoud12
      @macoud12 9 років тому +1

      +Slender Mam Yes, that Mr. Handy.

    • @kallemick
      @kallemick 9 років тому +1

      +Ethan Heisey Understandable... The new fallout 4 trailer with the dog reminded me of this aswell

    • @gametimeidk9335
      @gametimeidk9335 4 роки тому

      kind of like in 4 where everyone went into the vault and the AI was left behind

  • @MatthewsPersonal
    @MatthewsPersonal 8 років тому +9

    omg I love Ray Bradbury!:)

  • @yumeminami8681
    @yumeminami8681 10 років тому +3

    Omg I heard Tamaki playing the piano! I like this one! I really like this one!

  • @999GHz
    @999GHz 8 років тому +46

    He's good. But he's no Ethan Bradberry.

  • @Lillskank
    @Lillskank 12 років тому +2

    He has always been one of my favorite authors. He will be missed.

  • @krtrs
    @krtrs 8 років тому +4

    I had to read and annotate There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury and the poem my Sara Teasdale which it is based off of. really cool story

  • @AmbyrLC
    @AmbyrLC 11 років тому +2

    I often teach this and I'm happy to have a great reading of it to share with my class. Thanks!

  • @nazupwnsnco
    @nazupwnsnco 12 років тому +1

    it's hard to believe that this story was written in 1950...

  • @leoperez636
    @leoperez636 7 років тому +7

    I never felt so bad for a house as I do now.

  • @JaegerGX
    @JaegerGX Рік тому +1

    Mr Creepypasta reading a short story/poem is not something I expected to hear today. [11:32 August 3, 2023]

  • @lolabalola167
    @lolabalola167 9 років тому +3

    you're really talented

  • @XxAlekseiKayxX
    @XxAlekseiKayxX 12 років тому +1

    My english class went over a lot of this mans stories, they were always fantastic. This one was my favorite

  • @femdayo
    @femdayo 12 років тому +2

    I love how you've got Mozart's Sonata in D major playing in the background at times. God, I love that song.

  • @TheLawliet10
    @TheLawliet10 12 років тому +1

    He's a very good Sci-fi author. He wrote Fahrenheit 451

  • @elreydeltaco
    @elreydeltaco 12 років тому +1

    RIP Ray Bradbury

  • @RedFawcett
    @RedFawcett 8 років тому

    My friend, you just got my subscription. Like your work. Thank you.

  • @smilingcrow756
    @smilingcrow756 8 років тому +1

    Yes! I found this months ago and just now I found the piano piece he used in the beginning. It's a little slowed down, but it's "Prelude No. 1 in C Major" by Bach.

  • @sarahmoody1193
    @sarahmoody1193 12 років тому +3

    Oh my god, that was beautiful.
    RIP Ray Bradbury.

  • @cessatiolux6250
    @cessatiolux6250 11 років тому +1

    This was awesome

  • @janflower4068
    @janflower4068 2 роки тому +1

    36 seconds into the story and already I want to cry waaaa...aaaaahh,... I love Ray Bradbury... I need a tissue 😥

  • @mirallornestarchild3019
    @mirallornestarchild3019 7 років тому +2

    The original poem was by Sara Teasdale in 1918. I think he was inspired by it. But yeah, I had this in school too.

  • @chromaskunkgamingbogging1562
    @chromaskunkgamingbogging1562 9 місяців тому

    I saved this back in 2012 and have continually visited it in my watch later tab and man 2 and a half years out

  • @avieira611
    @avieira611 11 років тому +1

    I don't want to set the world on fire. I just want to start a flame in your heart....

  • @amandadyball4912
    @amandadyball4912 4 роки тому

    Love you Mr.creepy pasta

  • @laurenc4287
    @laurenc4287 5 років тому +1

    I remember reading this in 6th grade with my class. I was quite taken aback by the story and its contents, likely because most of the short stories we had to read in our textbooks throughout elementary school were boring, uninteresting as hell, and excruciating to sit through.

  • @janejanebobanebananafannaf2522
    @janejanebobanebananafannaf2522 3 роки тому +1

    What makes this cool is that my language arts teacher is teaching us about this story

  • @OrigamiTiger2
    @OrigamiTiger2 12 років тому +1

    Ray Bradbury lived in my hometown.....Waukegan, illinois my favorite story was the 1 about the kids living on mars i remember reading letters he sent to our classroom......

  • @xXRussiaChanXx
    @xXRussiaChanXx 12 років тому

    I love this story

  • @pancakegod666lol
    @pancakegod666lol 12 років тому

    Great story telling, it was a great story that i read in i think junior high, and hearing it read like that made it all the more better, good job

  • @TheRiotPirate
    @TheRiotPirate 11 років тому +1

    I think you'd find that with a closer look this story actually paints the picture of a renaissance society made wonderful by technology.
    The destruction at the hands of admittedly another technology is a sad end to what was probably something of a utopia.
    Bradbury's message here, I would argue, is that we have to take care with to make sure our technological advancements are for the benefit of humanity on a global scale, and that the possibilities of technology are fantastic when well applied.

  • @ArachneQueen
    @ArachneQueen 12 років тому

    Such a wonderful tribute! Very well done.

  • @TheBiggyJMan
    @TheBiggyJMan 11 років тому +1

    man i love this story. i read this in English class in 8th grade and i loved it even then. Ray Bradbury was a genius

  • @JoysticKnight
    @JoysticKnight 9 років тому +7

    Huzza! Tis not for-shadowing of our eminent demise, but an ode to our blazing technologic creativity and rate...but seriously the people should have ran in the house, it seemed to have made it just fine...

    • @jeremiahamundson2165
      @jeremiahamundson2165 9 років тому +1

      Yeah if you haven't, look up the Russian animated one, it's amazing

    • @JoysticKnight
      @JoysticKnight 8 років тому

      Oh yeah, just checked it out, incredible interpretation, but jesus! (Slaps knee) the whole family might have been obliterated over a bird!

  • @MichaelSHartman
    @MichaelSHartman 6 років тому +1

    81 years minus one day.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @TheShadowOfInnocence
    @TheShadowOfInnocence 8 років тому +1

    We did his other book Fahrenheit 451 in class for a few weeks and I thought this author sounded like I knew him then I remembered this :3 I love this author

  • @brandongleneicki5934
    @brandongleneicki5934 11 років тому +2

    Coincidentally, I just finished a study on Ray Bradbury. :)

  • @strangesoren2694
    @strangesoren2694 4 роки тому +1

    I remember reading this in school.

  • @coolcatjas
    @coolcatjas 12 років тому

    Omg.... I remember this! wow so nostalgic! Thanks for doing this ^^

  • @ralf7568
    @ralf7568 8 років тому

    got sucked right into this story. Great job MCP.

  • @thesnowmaninthesun
    @thesnowmaninthesun 12 років тому +2

    Side note: this one meant a lot to my grandma! She liked Bradbury more than I do! She actually got a couple of his books signed by him a long time ago. Like him, she never went to college either (well, not until about '83) she learned from libraries like he did.

  • @DRSTRANGELOVEIN
    @DRSTRANGELOVEIN 4 роки тому +1

    I first read this story when I was 12 years old. It still makes me tear up

  • @spawn22222
    @spawn22222 12 років тому +1

    Read this my junior year of high school in my English 11 class. Still awesome, great reading choice in memory of his passing.

  • @jtcookie96
    @jtcookie96 11 років тому +1

    A little chilling to the bone. Never thought I'd feel bad for a house.

  • @thesnowmaninthesun
    @thesnowmaninthesun 12 років тому +1

    I still can't believe he died! D: I looked up to that man! I have Fahrenheit 451 all but memorized and I have all the Martian Chronicles on DVD, tape and all the books.! He lived a good long while though. How old was he? Anyone know?
    Rest in Peace Mr. Bradbury. I grew up reading your work, and I always learn something new when I pick up one of your books. You'll always have a place in my library and my heart. Say hi to Poe for me! >.

  • @biochemlady
    @biochemlady 12 років тому

    I adore his work.

  • @ilikecomedians
    @ilikecomedians 11 років тому

    Just read this at school yesterday and enjoyed it.

  • @biochemlady
    @biochemlady 12 років тому +1

    I remember reading lots of Ray Bradbury in English class. He's a really good author. RIP. ♥

  • @oldgus42
    @oldgus42 12 років тому +2

    I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 early last week. When I learned that Bradbury died so soon after I had finished reading his novel, I actually became quite upset. Rest In Peace, Ray Bradbury.