Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said,

over and over, “Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is …”

My favorite rendition of this aired on X-Minus One

https://archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles/XMinusO...

Excellent old soviet cartoon based on this story (english subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxP3TyuQx0

Though to be fair the very first version was set in 1985, then shortly afterwards 2026, and revised again to 2057.

My all time favourite writer. No sci-fi writer could describe the launch of a rocket any more poetic than Ray Bradbury.

2026 seemed impossibly far away when I first read this c. 1980. How time flies

Can't wait for all the inductive backdoors that will appear today thanks to this, LOL!

It impressive how prescient the technology feels. I mean in 2020 I would have thought the fully automated kitchen and the voice that asks which poem one wants to hear as fanciful, now it's kinda tech demo level.

Growing up, I hated this guy. Boring! Now, I can recognize writing talent.

I'm glad our homes aren't shrieking at us at all hours.

Amazing story, though.