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《2026年8月:细雨将至》是布拉德伯里的经典短篇科幻故事集《火星纪事》(The Martian Chronicles)的其中一篇,讲述了在2026年8月的一天,一座自动化房子从井然有序走向灭亡的故事。房子里空无一人,房子却如常发出指令,按照固定程序为早已不复存在的主人服务,而房子最后也消亡在一场大火中。通过故事的各种细节描写,读者会发现一个可怕的事实:人类已经在一场核战争中灭亡了。该故事写于1950年,当时二战才结束不久,美国在日本投放的两颗原子弹的威力给世人留下了可怕的印象。作者通过这个故事告诫人类要警惕核战争,并讽刺了人类对于科技的过度依赖。本期节选了该故事的前半部分,让我们一起来细细品读。
“August 2026: The Coming of Rain” is one of Bradbury’s classic short story collection “The Martian Chronicles” that tells you that on August 2026, an automated house From orderly to the demise of the story. The house was empty, but the house, as usual, gave instructions to the owner, who had ceased to exist under a fixed procedure, and the house finally died of a fire. Through various details of the story, readers will find a terrible fact: humankind has already perished in a nuclear war. The story was written in 1950, shortly after World War II ended when the power of the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States in Japan left a terrible impression on the world. Through this story, the author warned humans to be wary of nuclear war and ironically ironically over-relied on science and technology. This issue excerpts the first half of the story, let us read together carefully.