DEFENSE MECH by RAY BRADBURY
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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An astronaut named Holloway develops a PTSD-related phobia as the ship he in on nears Mars, and insists upon getting back to earth. The crew psychologist is tasked with convincing him he is approaching Earth, not Mars, and asks the Captain to treat Holloway with kid gloves if he expects him to perform any duties when they land.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to one thousand Classic Short Stories and Tales. |
| 0:33.8 | This is your host, John Hagadorn. |
| 0:36.0 | Today a short story from Ray Bradbury. |
| 0:38.4 | They always do well with us, and I just found a few that it slipped into public domain. |
| 0:42.8 | So enjoy. |
| 0:43.9 | This one's called Defense Meck. |
| 0:46.6 | This was published in Planet Stories, |
| 0:48.5 | Spring of 1946. |
| 0:50.8 | The teaser? |
| 0:52.4 | Holloway stared down at Earth and his brain tore loose and screamed, |
| 0:56.0 | Man, man, how'd you get in a mess like this and a rocket a million miles past the moon, |
| 1:02.4 | shooting from Mars and danger and terror. and a rocket a million miles past the moon, |
| 1:02.8 | shooting from ours and danger and terror, and maybe death. |
| 1:07.0 | And now our story. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh my God, do you realize how far from Earth we are? Do you really think about it? |
| 1:17.1 | It's enough to scare the guts from a man. |
| 1:19.8 | Hold me up. Do something. Give me sedatives or hold my hand, or run and call mama, a million cold |
| 1:26.2 | miles up. See all the flickering stars? Look at my hands tremble. Feel my heart whirling |
| 1:32.1 | like a hot pinwheel. The captain comes |
| 1:35.1 | toward me, a stunned expression on his small tight face. He takes my arm, |
| 1:39.5 | looking into my eyes. Hello Captain, I'm sick if that's what you want to know. |
| 1:45.9 | I'm right to be scared. |
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