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All Summer in a Day By Ray Bradbury "Ready ?" "Ready." "Now ?" "Soon." "Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today, will it ?" "Look, look; see for yourself !" The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun. It rained. It had been raining for seven years;
Plot synopsis. The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the sun is only visible for two hours every seven years. One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier and is the only one who remembers the sun, since it shines regularly on Earth.
“All Summer in a Day” takes place on the planet Venus, a generation after the first colonists from Earth arrived there. Venus has a peculiar climate: every seven years, the sun comes out for just two hours. The rest of the time, it rains—all day, every day.
‘All Summer in a Day’ is a 1954 short story by Ray Bradbury (1920-2012). The story is set on Venus, where the sun only comes out once every seven years for a couple of hours; the rest of the time, the sun is hidden behind clouds and rains fall constantly.
Full Plot Summary. The story begins with a group of schoolchildren gathered around, talking excitedly about the possibility of seeing the sun. The children are in the classroom of a school on Venus. Their parents have all traveled from Earth to Venus in order to set up a human civilization on the strange planet.
Overview. “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury was first published in the March 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It tells the story of a class of schoolchildren living on Venus, where it rains year-round and the sun only appears once every seven years.
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