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100 1 _aBradbury, Ray,
_d1920-2012
245 1 0 _aDefense Mech
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1946
500 _aRelease date is 2020-11-06
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Defense Mech" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction story written in the mid-20th century. The book explores the psychological struggles and fears of a man named Halloway as he journeys to Mars in a rocket, grappling with anxiety over the vastness of space and the potential for peril. The narrative unfolds as Halloway faces profound fear of leaving Earth, prompting the ship's psychiatrist to employ a controversial defense mechanism to ease his mind by creating a fantasy that he is still on Earth. As they approach Mars, Halloway's perception of reality shifts, leading to a series of bizarre encounters, including mistaken identities and confusion over familiar figures from his life. The climax builds as he inadvertently becomes the hero in a chaotic situation with Martians, demonstrating that his crafted reality can lead to surprising outcomes. Ultimately, the story touches on themes of fear, reality versus illusion, and the instinctual need for safety amidst the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aPsychological fiction
653 _aMars (Planet) -- Fiction
653 _aSpace travelers -- Fiction
700 1 _aDoolin, Joseph,
_d1896-1967
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1946
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63648
999 _c104472
_d104472