Project Gutenberg 2020-07-06 Public domain in the USA. 207 Bradbury, Ray 1920 2012 Elliott, William Bradbury, Raymond Douglas Sterling, Brett Doolin, Joseph 1896 1967 Doolin, Joseph Patrick The Monster Maker Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1944 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Monster Maker" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction short story published in the early 1940s, specifically in the Spring 1944 issue of Planet Stories. The narrative revolves around the themes of perception, illusion, and the psychological nature of fear as two space travelers find themselves stranded on a desolate asteroid and faced with terrifying imaginary monsters. In the story, Click Hathaway and Irish Marnagan are trapped after a meteor crash and find themselves amid a landscape filled with strange creatures created by a pirate named Gunther. As they grapple with the lack of air and physical danger, they realize that these monsters may not be real but rather figments of their imagination, projected into existence by their fears. Throughout their ordeal, Hathaway's camera serves both as a tool for capturing evidence and a metaphor for their struggle to distinguish between reality and illusion. Ultimately, upon realizing that the creatures only exist in their minds, they devise a plan to confront Gunther and defeat the threat using their wits and newfound understanding of their situation. The story delves into the power of belief and fear, showcasing how one's perception can profoundly affect their reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Adventure stories Asteroids -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: American Literature 60687 2025-07-25T04:08:49.472040 text/html 37210 2024-10-18T04:17:18 text/html 365819 2025-07-25T04:08:51.386035 application/epub+zip 364659 2025-07-25T04:08:49.872037 application/epub+zip 78479 2025-07-25T04:08:49.652014 application/epub+zip 403622 2025-07-25T04:08:52.822990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395748 2025-07-25T04:08:51.183018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109793 2022-09-28T08:04:52.730657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53575 2025-07-25T04:08:49.335015 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33791 2024-10-18T04:17:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18083 2025-07-25T04:08:52.953997 application/rdf+xml 35887 2025-07-25T04:08:49.738022 image/jpeg 5748 2025-07-25T04:08:49.694023 image/jpeg 562174 2025-07-25T04:08:49.488043 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia