

There are over 120 of these domes, but the indigenous Venusians destroy them when they can. The men depend on the Sun Domes, lit and warmed by a miniature sun and filled with provisions, to keep from going insane. Bradbury portrays Venus as having nearly eternal rains. The story is set on Venus in a jungle, where a group of four men whose rocket has crashed are attempting to reach the safety of a Sun Dome. The story was republished in several collections and was incorporated into a film also titled The Illustrated Man.


The story tells of four men who have crashed on Venus, where it is always raining. This story was originally published in 1950 - under a different title indicative of its ending - in the magazine Planet Stories, and then in the collection The Illustrated Man. " The Long Rain" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. Short story by Ray Bradbury The Long Rain
