@RUTGERS.ARPA:boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (03/05/85)
From: boyajian%akov68.DEC@decwrl.ARPA > From: Joseph M. Newcomer <NEWCOMER@TL-20B.ARPA> > The plot: Geologists have evidence (new theory, new instruments, ?) that > a major earthquake will hit L.A. within the next (week, month, ?). The > story concentrates on the politics and sociology of getting t he city > evacuated. It is evacuated. After k days, no earthquake. Geologists > look like fools; everyone unhappy. City is un-evacuated. Earthquake > strikes, millions die. > > I thought I remembered it from Analog, but I've just done a massive search > of the last 10 years and can't find it. I have a friend who is a geologist > but non-sf person to whom I would like to show it. Your memory is better than your search skills. The story is, I believe (I haven't looked up the issue to check), "Fault" by James Gunn, in the June 1975 issue of ANALOG. [I've sent this directly to the requestor, since he asked to have it done so, but I thought I'd post it here for anyone else who cares to know the answer.] --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Bibliography is my business">
boyajian@akov68.DEC (04/24/85)
> From: olivee!gnome > How about a short story called The House. It is about a futuristic > house on the outskirts of a city that has been recently nuked. One of > the things I remember was the little robotic mice that tried to keep the > inside of the house clean as it started to fall apart. (no mention of > where it got it's power from...) > > If you have ever read it - I'd love to find it again. This story is "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. It can be found in many places, but the easiest is THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Bibliography is my business">