# Help ID This Short Story

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117 "2005-06-06T13:19:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/1 "2005-06-06T13:19:07Z")

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I don’t remember the title or author - the story is a short SF piece which is often assigned reading in junior high schools. It’s about a girl who lives on a planet where it always rains, and the sun only comes out every seven years; her classmates lock her in the closet during the sunshine cycle. Sound familiar to anyone?

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/2 "2005-06-06T13:34:23Z")

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Haven’t read it, don’t know the title, but someone mentioned this very book on this very messageboard within the last three months or so. I bet you might find it with a search.

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**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/3 "2005-06-06T13:38:39Z")

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“All Summer In A Day” by Ray Bradbury. Published in the volume **A Medicine for Melancholy**. Horrid depressing story.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/4 "2005-06-06T13:39:20Z")

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Bingo - _All Summer In A Day._

Thanks to both of you.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/5 "2005-06-06T13:43:22Z")

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I loved this story. But it’s so sad…

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-short-story/307117/6 "2005-06-06T16:33:16Z")

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Not just one of the best short stories ever written but eternal proof that true horror has nothing to do with blood and gore.