All Summer in a Day

[Wolfchild]

All Summer in a Day is, of course, a short story by Ray Bradbury. It was assigned to my daughter for her to read and write some paragraphs about it. When she asked me if I had read it, I couldn't recall. I have read so much sci fi, and Bradbury has written so many stories both short and long, that I really couldn't place it. So last night I read it (perhaps again), and now through the eyes of my new unhealthy obsession with LTROI, its dominant themes struck me as having definite parallels in LTROI. The pointless cruelty, the bullying, the social isolation, and more specifically yearning for the sun symbolizing yearning for a lost home... it was impossible to not think of Eli & Oskar both while reading this story.

Sorry that I can't provide a link to read All Summer in a Day online, but you can download it here.

I couldn't decide if this would fit best in the novel section or the film section, so I just put it here instead.

[covenant6452]

Good one, Wolfchild!
I think I can barely remember this one as well from the days before cable...maybe not quite that long ago.
Short, simple, brutal example of the sci-fi that R.B. was a master of.
The group mentality at its selfish worst. NOBODY protests putting her in, too wrapped up in their own pleasure to share it with her.
Poor girl in the closet.

[DMt.]

Thank you Wolf.

[thestich]

I sort of remember this being made into a movie or tv show or something like that.

Maybe it was an episode in the twilight zone or a similar show.

This would have been more then 20 years ago at least.

[N.R. Gasan]

I sort of remember this being made into a movie or tv show or something like that.
Maybe it was an episode in the twilight zone or a similar show.

Yes it was, stich; I believe it was one of the new "Twilight Zone" episodes. But I do remember seeing it on TV. And I remember feeling so badly for the girl who missed seeing the sun because of the cruelty of her peers. :(

[GizWeasel]

I sort of remember this being made into a movie or tv show or something like that.
Maybe it was an episode in the twilight zone or a similar show.

Yes it was, stich; I believe it was one of the new "Twilight Zone" episodes. But I do remember seeing it on TV. And I remember feeling so badly for the girl who missed seeing the sun because of the cruelty of her peers.

It was an episode of PBS "Wonderworks" (1982)

I'm still researching TZ and Ray Bradbury Theater.

[gattoparde59]

I looked this up on wikipedia. This was done as an episode of "Wonderworks," a PBS series. It does read very much like an episode of the Twilight Zone. I guess it comes from that era of science fiction?