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المشرحة الفضائية
في فضاء شاسع وسط حربٍ مستعرة في أرجاء النظام الشمسي، تنتشل سفينة «المشرحة الفضائية» جثث محاربي الفضاء القتلى، وبقايا رواد الفضاء الموتى لإعادتهم إلى الأرض. واليوم، امتلأ ٩٧ سريرًا؛ ثلاث جثث فقط وتكتمل الرحلة... لكن عند الجثة رقم «98»، يتوقف الزمن، ليحدث ما لم يكن في الحسبان... ففي لحظة، تتحول سفينة «المشرحة الفضائية» من نعشٍ صامت إلى قلب صراعٍ جديد... سفينة «المشرحة الفضائية» لم تُبنَ للقتال. لكنها الآن ساحة مواجهة... والمصير يتوقف على قرارٍ في قلب فراغٍ لا يُسمَع فيه أحد.
تتميز قصة «المشرحة الفضائية» بكونها قصة نموذجية من قصص الكواكب وقصة نموذجية لـ«راي برادبيري» في آنٍ. فهي تجمع بين كل ما يتوقعه المرء من حركة ومغامرة وتشويق في الفضاء وتتميز بأسلوب شعري وكآبة تأملية متوقعة من قصة لـ«راي برادبيري».
تستكشف القصة موضوعات: عبثية الحرب، ومعنى البقاء على قيد الحياة في أعقابها. ورغبة الإنسان في الهروب من دوامة العنف.
الآن على تطبيق «أبجد» يمكنكم الاستمتاع بقراءة قصة: «المشرحة الفضائية»
تتميز قصة «المشرحة الفضائية» بكونها قصة نموذجية من قصص الكواكب وقصة نموذجية لـ«راي برادبيري» في آنٍ. فهي تجمع بين كل ما يتوقعه المرء من حركة ومغامرة وتشويق في الفضاء وتتميز بأسلوب شعري وكآبة تأملية متوقعة من قصة لـ«راي برادبيري».
تستكشف القصة موضوعات: عبثية الحرب، ومعنى البقاء على قيد الحياة في أعقابها. ورغبة الإنسان في الهروب من دوامة العنف.
الآن على تطبيق «أبجد» يمكنكم الاستمتاع بقراءة قصة: «المشرحة الفضائية»
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Published June 9, 2025
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Ray Bradbury
2,559 books25.3k followersRay Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
Bradbury is best known for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and his short-story collections The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and The October Country (1955). Other notable works include the coming of age novel Dandelion Wine (1957), the dark fantasy Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. Bradbury also wrote poetry which has been published in several collections, such as They Have Not Seen the Stars (2001).
The New York Times called Bradbury "An author whose fanciful imagination, poetic prose, and mature understanding of human character have won him an international reputation" and "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
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January 2, 2026
In the small hours of one’s day, perhaps in one’s life, the clock’s hand resounds like thunder. What has the mind accomplished? How far has the body wandered? What impact has the soul left on Earth? The reflection of an individual’s extroverted desires for fulfillment holds the probability of one being left disappointed if also utterly revolted with what one might deem, a life poorly lived.
As has been well-documented in my previous reviews, I hold a soft spot for Bradbury. I have grown fond of the author through repetitive encounters, some with a striking nature of serendipity. Admittedly, not all of Bradbury’s work has left me feeling overjoyed. His stories cross genres, often leaning heavily in science fiction; some are written with an adult reader in mind while others approach a style that welcomes a younger audience. In none of these gifts have I found myself disappointed rather, I have fostered a greater appreciation for his talent & skill because I have on occasion, watched the procession wander past, admiring it from the sidelines.
What remains true of all of Bradbury’s stories is that he was a gifted storyteller who knew, from the most tender parts of his mind & heart, what he wanted to convey. This short story provides the ultimate example of this truth. Within the structure of a spaceship, Sam Burnett collects dead bodies floating through space. His despair at his profession—one that has been done out of necessity during a period of war—has left him drained of all quintessential aspects of his person.
The reader follows Sam as his ship collects the body of Lethla, a member of the opposition from Venus, who takes Sam & his shipmate, Rice, hostage in order to collect Lethla’s captain—Kirere. Within the short sequences that pass, the reader is given intimate knowledge about Sam. No background information nor any details about what might constitute his personal life; the reader is given the chair in the corner, to watch Sam, a man who has feelings & thoughts, as he sacrifices his life in the hopes of ending the intergalactic war that has ravaged the lives of countless individuals.
Perhaps the reader is meant to wonder at the cost of war. During no period in human history has violence not been present. One notes the historians who account for quote, periods of peace, yet it is important to recall that violence in all her forms reigns through our species in abundance as though we fear weakness without her.
Sam exists in a time during which violence is at the forefront of life & has been for decades. The rotation of his work means he spends a few hours on Earth with those whom the reader may assume are his loved ones—family & friends. Bradbury welcomes the reader into Sam’s consciousness without impregnating the narrative with a false hope that Sam might become someone we know intimately. In fact, Bradbury seems to have shown his hand here, trusting the reader to be kind to Sam & his circumstances.
The gift that this position offers the reader is vital to their appreciation of the story as a whole. While at times the narrative seems to flounder with descriptions of the antagonist being a semi-propaganda-style villain, Bradbury rounds back on his words ensuring that the reader knows that the spider-like body of the alien does not make him a stranger to humanity, rather, his coxa are just like human hands & arms.
Reaching into the soul of the story does not require deep reflection. Bradbury published this story during WWII, the world had come to know gruesome brutality in a semi-redundant & traditionally habituated fashion. In his world, bombs & bullets rained & threatened the glimmer of homestead calm that promised to return.
For the author, the inclusion of war within his fiction did not make clear the sheer terror of battle. Sam evokes the sentiments often attributed to war throughout his nostalgia for a time in which he was not sent out to space to collect corpses. With this, the reader can imagine their own lives, their societies, & the culture that is lost through destruction.
Keeping in line with these sentiments, Sam’s character acts as a driver for the events that follow. Without his courage of self-sacrifice, the leaders of the opposition, those causing destruction to Earth, may have gone on to create further catastrophe leaving peace as a faraway & impossible option. The reader may wonder how terrible the war had become for Sam to settle on death as the only suitable course of action.
I would not wish for my pondering to tinge the reflection of the story with a tone of insensitive questioning, but I do ponder the details that have been hidden from the reader. At the same time, I believe that this story encumbers everything that is necessary for a reader to comprehend the depth of emotion & consequence that Bradbury describes in his writing, with words & punctuation alike.
What I found to be most enjoyable in this story was the illustration. Might these be unfair to the author; I mean this more so in the sense that the imagery provided me with a doorway in which Bradbury’s writing became real, it grew edges & shading & arose like The Monster whom Victor left to perish.
Certainly, without the writing, the illustration could survive on the back of any postcard or cute pin. However, in a pair, doubling as the fondness I have come to remember from stories read to me in childhood, the illustration offered me a moment to veer my round head into the world of space wars, killer alien spiders, morgue ships, & intergalactic mayhem.
Ultimately, readers looking to engage with beautiful writing will always find in Bradbury the wonders all combinations of letters can provide. This story is tender & cruel just as humanity pretends to be otherwise, the narrator in his mumbling perturbed existence, reminds us of who we are; his friend, the stranger from down the road, the person who waits for Sam to return home.
Comedically timed to ensure that he had a safe passage home, Sam’s death provided freedom for everyone he never came to know. All the people Sam never knew & those yet to be born have been granted freedom from the devastation caused by conflict & in penance for the pain he carried, in something crafted through the divine, Sam succumbed to the memories of a time whence no wandering souls need collect the dead they knew when alive, as friends.
If you would like to read this story, please visit this •LINK•
As has been well-documented in my previous reviews, I hold a soft spot for Bradbury. I have grown fond of the author through repetitive encounters, some with a striking nature of serendipity. Admittedly, not all of Bradbury’s work has left me feeling overjoyed. His stories cross genres, often leaning heavily in science fiction; some are written with an adult reader in mind while others approach a style that welcomes a younger audience. In none of these gifts have I found myself disappointed rather, I have fostered a greater appreciation for his talent & skill because I have on occasion, watched the procession wander past, admiring it from the sidelines.
What remains true of all of Bradbury’s stories is that he was a gifted storyteller who knew, from the most tender parts of his mind & heart, what he wanted to convey. This short story provides the ultimate example of this truth. Within the structure of a spaceship, Sam Burnett collects dead bodies floating through space. His despair at his profession—one that has been done out of necessity during a period of war—has left him drained of all quintessential aspects of his person.
The reader follows Sam as his ship collects the body of Lethla, a member of the opposition from Venus, who takes Sam & his shipmate, Rice, hostage in order to collect Lethla’s captain—Kirere. Within the short sequences that pass, the reader is given intimate knowledge about Sam. No background information nor any details about what might constitute his personal life; the reader is given the chair in the corner, to watch Sam, a man who has feelings & thoughts, as he sacrifices his life in the hopes of ending the intergalactic war that has ravaged the lives of countless individuals.
Perhaps the reader is meant to wonder at the cost of war. During no period in human history has violence not been present. One notes the historians who account for quote, periods of peace, yet it is important to recall that violence in all her forms reigns through our species in abundance as though we fear weakness without her.
Sam exists in a time during which violence is at the forefront of life & has been for decades. The rotation of his work means he spends a few hours on Earth with those whom the reader may assume are his loved ones—family & friends. Bradbury welcomes the reader into Sam’s consciousness without impregnating the narrative with a false hope that Sam might become someone we know intimately. In fact, Bradbury seems to have shown his hand here, trusting the reader to be kind to Sam & his circumstances.
The gift that this position offers the reader is vital to their appreciation of the story as a whole. While at times the narrative seems to flounder with descriptions of the antagonist being a semi-propaganda-style villain, Bradbury rounds back on his words ensuring that the reader knows that the spider-like body of the alien does not make him a stranger to humanity, rather, his coxa are just like human hands & arms.
Reaching into the soul of the story does not require deep reflection. Bradbury published this story during WWII, the world had come to know gruesome brutality in a semi-redundant & traditionally habituated fashion. In his world, bombs & bullets rained & threatened the glimmer of homestead calm that promised to return.
For the author, the inclusion of war within his fiction did not make clear the sheer terror of battle. Sam evokes the sentiments often attributed to war throughout his nostalgia for a time in which he was not sent out to space to collect corpses. With this, the reader can imagine their own lives, their societies, & the culture that is lost through destruction.
Keeping in line with these sentiments, Sam’s character acts as a driver for the events that follow. Without his courage of self-sacrifice, the leaders of the opposition, those causing destruction to Earth, may have gone on to create further catastrophe leaving peace as a faraway & impossible option. The reader may wonder how terrible the war had become for Sam to settle on death as the only suitable course of action.
I would not wish for my pondering to tinge the reflection of the story with a tone of insensitive questioning, but I do ponder the details that have been hidden from the reader. At the same time, I believe that this story encumbers everything that is necessary for a reader to comprehend the depth of emotion & consequence that Bradbury describes in his writing, with words & punctuation alike.
What I found to be most enjoyable in this story was the illustration. Might these be unfair to the author; I mean this more so in the sense that the imagery provided me with a doorway in which Bradbury’s writing became real, it grew edges & shading & arose like The Monster whom Victor left to perish.
Certainly, without the writing, the illustration could survive on the back of any postcard or cute pin. However, in a pair, doubling as the fondness I have come to remember from stories read to me in childhood, the illustration offered me a moment to veer my round head into the world of space wars, killer alien spiders, morgue ships, & intergalactic mayhem.
Ultimately, readers looking to engage with beautiful writing will always find in Bradbury the wonders all combinations of letters can provide. This story is tender & cruel just as humanity pretends to be otherwise, the narrator in his mumbling perturbed existence, reminds us of who we are; his friend, the stranger from down the road, the person who waits for Sam to return home.
Comedically timed to ensure that he had a safe passage home, Sam’s death provided freedom for everyone he never came to know. All the people Sam never knew & those yet to be born have been granted freedom from the devastation caused by conflict & in penance for the pain he carried, in something crafted through the divine, Sam succumbed to the memories of a time whence no wandering souls need collect the dead they knew when alive, as friends.
If you would like to read this story, please visit this •LINK•
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May 10, 2022
You never catch up with the war. It is Sam Burnett's last trip with three more shelves to fill with space-slain warriors. Then, Burnett can be among the living again... or? A rocket ship, Space, and another adventure from the days of literacy’s galactic exploration. Sam Burnett did not like this job any longer. Ten years was too long for him to travel back and forth from Earth to nowhere. "Ten years of it. Every hour of those ten years eating like maggots inside, working out to the surface of Burnett's face, working under the husk of his starved eyes and starved limbs. Starved for life. Starved for action. This would be his last trip, or he'd know the reason why!" It is a long, long way to Venus. A surprising conclusion awaits the reader.
November 20, 2023
.................Wow, 13 pages of Ray Bradbury GOLD>>> We meet a quite depressed Sam Burnett who is out working on a Space Ship ---- nice work if you can get it......... But why is he so depressed? Because his job is ----- Get this ----- is to Pluck dead Bodies out of space - the ones that are just floating there -- He plucks them and stores them in his own on board morgue..... The ship has enough room for 100 Corpses and when he is full he can return to Earth for a little break and then its back to Plucking..... Where have these bodies come from? I hear you ask, well, the War between Earth and Venus! Thats something to look forward to I suppose...... Things do pick up for Sam though when he plucks something quite unexpected......
Great fun
Great fun
March 6, 2023
Two coroners are the sole crew of an unarmed morgue ship called Constellation, charged with retrieving the bodies of soldiers lost to space during a war between Earth and Venus. While in the course of their duties, they recover the corpse of the Venutian military’s second-in-command, Lethla. They soon regret their decision. Using a special transparent helmet made of glassite, Lethla was able to remain alive in the vacuum of space after his fleet’s flagship was destroyed. Once aboard the Constellation, he orders the coroners to retrieve the body of Kriere, the supreme leader of the Venutian military. However, events do not proceed according to plan.
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October 3, 2024Tall road as icy when thee flee
at space thee found many
burning hell
blody war come over many star
inncent and worrir
but the found one
return icy from another world
tender feeling to find other
mix plan
never one eqail to years
and cray at him
but still cold one retrn
with spider hands
and many guns
to fill many shilfs praper to that
its nt april lie
its nt flower and parfan way
its red war signal
mix plan
at space thee found many
burning hell
blody war come over many star
inncent and worrir
but the found one
return icy from another world
tender feeling to find other
mix plan
never one eqail to years
and cray at him
but still cold one retrn
with spider hands
and many guns
to fill many shilfs praper to that
its nt april lie
its nt flower and parfan way
its red war signal
mix plan
January 19, 2021
Interesting sci-fi with a pretty dark yet heroic message.
August 14, 2023
A good, very classic sci-fi short story
April 30, 2024
War is why humans exist, it amuses the globs.
June 4, 2024
Not sure if this was science fiction or dystopia, either way I love it
September 9, 2024
Classic Bradbury. The guy packs more into a few pages than others consider over a vast number. Brilliant.
April 16, 2025
A little violent for Bradbury, but good solid story....loved it!
February 3, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️ GOOD
This one is quite a captivating piece. The story is set in a unique sci-fi environment. It explores themes of death and the human experience in a way that only Bradbury can. His imaginative vision of the future is both intriguing and thought-provoking.
Bradbury’s writing is vivid and lyrical, drawing you into the eerie world of the morgue ship and its unsettling atmosphere. The characters are compelling, each presenting their own struggles and perspectives.
The themes of mortality and the unknown encourage some reflection, making it a memorable read. Although it may not be his most famous work, it still showcases Bradbury’s talent for storytelling.
I’m giving it three stars for its creative concept. It’s a solid read for those who enjoy speculative fiction with a twist.
This one is quite a captivating piece. The story is set in a unique sci-fi environment. It explores themes of death and the human experience in a way that only Bradbury can. His imaginative vision of the future is both intriguing and thought-provoking.
Bradbury’s writing is vivid and lyrical, drawing you into the eerie world of the morgue ship and its unsettling atmosphere. The characters are compelling, each presenting their own struggles and perspectives.
The themes of mortality and the unknown encourage some reflection, making it a memorable read. Although it may not be his most famous work, it still showcases Bradbury’s talent for storytelling.
I’m giving it three stars for its creative concept. It’s a solid read for those who enjoy speculative fiction with a twist.
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