Talk:All Summer in a Day

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Perhaps someone could mention that this story was included in the Bradbury collection called "A Medicine for Melancholy" (1959), as documented in the Wikipedia page for that book. A Google search shows me a lot of people asking what book it is in. Branciforte3241 (talk) 06:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)


 * well i think this story is related with afrodite (the good of the beauty. when we say beauty we refered to love, passion, fertility, sex


 * I'm not confident enough with Wikipedia to make the change myself, but surely that little piece about having strong feelings is inappropriate, and the questions are more appropriate to a classroom than an encyclopedia. It looks as if they have been removed and then anonymously reinserted. I'd second their removal.Shawjonathan


 * There was an external link to the site, BestScienceFiction.com, which I removed due to it being a spam blog. There was little useful info on the site, and what original content there was was of very poor quality (seemed like something written in 5 minutes by a 4th grader). I would advise removing any other links to this site as the webmaster is just trying to get more AdSense dollars from Wikipedia traffic.

71.108.162.203 (talk) 01:57, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Did Bradbury die during the transit of Venus?
Whether he died while the transit itself was still visible in Europe depends on the actual time of his death, which I don't know. all I've seen so far is that he died in Los Angeles on the evening of 5 June 2012. The transit ended (in Europe) at about 9:50 PM local time in Los Angeles (June 5, 21:49:35 PDT). The transit arguably ended in Los Angeles when the sun set there (8:02 PDT). Whether a transit (which is a visual phenomenon) can be considered to be still going on after the sun has set and it can no longer be seen, is a matter of definition and/or debate. -- Embram (talk) 15:08, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Inaccurate
I changed inaccurate plot details - the children did not say the sun was like a fire, Margot did. The sun lasted two hours, not one.

I know that in truth, Venus' clouds are not made of water vapor and therefore cannot rain. The question is, was that known when this was written? --Jnelson09 02:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, it was not. At that time, all that was known was that Venus seemed to be shrouded by "perpetual clouds." - Embram (talk) 13:01, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Does it matter? It's a work of fiction.

Perhaps the planet was terraformed. Also, water vapor is not required for rain. There is in fact sulfuric acid rain in the upper atmosphere of Venus.

When the story was written, some scientists believed that clouds of Venus concealed a watery world. 71.108.162.203 (talk) 01:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

It would still be helpful to readers if it's pointed out that the science was based on what was believed at the time. Also, on a different matter, does anyone know what he took the title from? He often took titles from poems, Shakespeare, etc. It would be good if a reference like this was added, but I can't find what the title came from... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Menme (talk • contribs) 09:59, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

The current article tone is proper for the subject
Passages like "She has become frail and miserable there by the constant bullying, due to jealousy of the sunshine theme, of course she has a nervous breakdown due to the fact that she's being bullied, and because she has not seen the sun for 5 years." seem subjective and unprofessional. Perhaps tone down the emotional commentary in this article and improve the grammar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.63.83.1 (talk) 02:35, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

I agree that there are too many adjectives that sound personal and biased Andysbhm (talk) 23:04, 9 February 2016 (UTC)andysbhm

Gents:

I wish each WIKI article to sound as it SHOULD. This one does. I chose that the encyclopedia may nod.

Dr Ray Hartman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.145.178.144 (talk) 02:58, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Edith Fields as Mr. Callaghan and the most kids on Venus.
I presume she didn't also play "the most kids on Venus." Also, the languages given for the short story are English and Arabic. Really? MartinSFSA (talk) 08:15, 6 June 2012 (UTC)