Defense Mech
Written by Ray Bradbury
Narrated by Scott Miller
()
About this audiobook
DEFENSE MECH by RAY BRADBURY - Halloway stared down at Earth, and his brain tore loose and screamed, Man, man, how'd you get in a mess like this, in a rocket a million miles past the moon, shooting for Mars and danger and terror and maybe death.
Oh, my god, do you realize how far from Earth we are? Do you really think about it? It's enough to scare the guts from a man. Hold me up. Do something. Give me sedatives or hold my hand or run call mama. A million cold miles up. See all the flickering stars? Look at my hands tremble. Feel my heart whirling like a hot pinwheel!
The captain comes toward me, a stunned expression on his small, tight face. He takes my arm, looking into my eyes. Hello, captain. I'm sick, if that's what you want to know. I've a right to be scared—just look at all that space! Standing here a moment ago, I stared down at Earth so round and cloud-covered and asleep on a mat of stars, and my brain tore loose and screamed, man, man, how'd you get in a mess like this, in a rocket a million miles past the moon, shooting for Mars with a crew of fourteen others! I can hardly stand up, my knees, my hands, my heart, are shaking apart. Hold me up, sir.
What are hysterics like? The captain unprongs the inter-deck audio and speaks swiftly, scowling, into it. I hope he's phoning the psychiatrist. I need something. Oh, dammit, dammit!
The psychiatrist descends the ladder in immaculate salt-white uniform and walks toward me in a dream. Hello, doctor. You're the one for me. Please, sir, turn this damned rocket around and fly back to New York. I'll go crazy with all this space and distance!
The psychiatrist and the captain's voices murmur and blend, with here and there an emphasis, a toss of head, a gesture:
"Young Halloway here's on a fear-jag, doctor. Can you help him?"
Ray Bradbury
In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. An Emmy Award winner for his teleplay The Halloween Tree and an Academy Award nominee, he was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.
Related to Defense Mech
Titles in the series (100)
Leave Earthmen or Die! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mind Digger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Hanging Stranger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Breeder Reaction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNever Gut-Shoot A Wampus Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlanet of Dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Water Eater Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spoken For Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Planet of Doom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnd All The Girls Were Nude Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Addicts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlay-Ride Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Zloor For Your Trouble! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Voyage of Vanishing Men Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Spacemen Left to Die! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fugitives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath Star Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So They Baked A Cake Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Martians and the Coys Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWanderlust Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Alien Dies at Dawn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Matter of Ethics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDanger in the Void Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Beachcomber Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDefense Mech Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnwelcomed Visitor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Queen of Space Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeyond The Door Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Zurk Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Lies The Wub Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related audiobooks
Vintage Sci-Fi 2 - 26 Science Fiction Classics from Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Alan E. Nourse and many more Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMorgue Ship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slay-Ride Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsX Minus One - Hello, Tomorrow & Dwellers in Silence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJonah of the Jove-Run Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 56 thru 60 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLazarus Come Forth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAsleep in Armageddon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sci-Fi Spaceships and Nothing But Sci-Fi Spaceships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lost Sci-Fi Books 46 thru 50 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Vintage Sci-Fi 3 - 21 Science Fiction Classics from Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, H. B. Fyfe and many more! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 51 thru 60 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAliens and Nothing But Aliens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 66 thru 70 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Little Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 61 thru 65 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 61 thru 70 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 41 thru 45 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Monster Maker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsX Minus One - And the Moon Be Still As Bright & First Contact Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost Sci-Fi Books 51 thru 55 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRocket Summer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVintage Sci-Fi - 21 Science Fiction Classics from Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury and more Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Quest's End: A Classic SciFi Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Edge of the Knife Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsX Minus One - Mars Is Heaven & Universe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Driving Blind Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Wanderlust Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Last Enemy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Human Blend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Science Fiction For You
The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Omens: A Full Cast Production Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Omens Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Picture of Dorian Gray: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Three-Body Problem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How High We Go in the Dark: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Is How You Lose The Time War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Left Hand of Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All Systems Red Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Live in Concert Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dune Messiah: Book Two in the Dune Chronicles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Man in the High Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Clockwork Orange Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Morning Star Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Seveneves: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fledgling Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sparrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/52001: A Space Odyssey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Troop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whalefall: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories of Your Life and Others Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Defense Mech
0 ratings0 reviews