The Monster Maker

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The Monster Maker

by Ray Bradbury

EN·~33 minutes

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Description

Stranded on a jagged, dead‑star asteroid, Click Hathaway and his gruff companion Marnagan find themselves with only a single gun and a clattering news‑reel camera for protection. A sudden meteor shower tears their vessel apart, leaving them clinging to twisted metal amid a silent, star‑filled void. As the wreckage spins and settles, the pair must scramble to stay alive while the cold vacuum presses in around them.

Against a backdrop of endless darkness, Click’s obsessive need to capture every moment clashes with Marnagan’s hard‑boiled pragmatism. With oxygen supplies dwindling, each breath becomes a race against time, and every shot of the wreckage could mean the difference between fame and oblivion. The story blends pulse‑pounding survival with a wry, cinematic flair, inviting listeners to experience the tension, humor, and wonder of two unlikely heroes fighting for a shot on the edge of the galaxy.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~33 minutes (31K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Release date

2020-07-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

1920–2012

A master of imaginative fiction, he brought together science fiction, fantasy, horror, and deep human feeling in stories that still feel fresh today. Best known for Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, he wrote with wonder, urgency, and a real love of ideas.

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