"Lazarus Come Forth" (1944) is one of a handful of early Ray Bradbury stories to have slipped into the public domain. It's also one of two Bradbury stories set on board a "morgue ship" - a space ship that cleans up after space battles, collecting dead astronauts to (presumably) bring them back home for proper burial or cremation.
Later in his career, Ray would dismiss these stories as being too derivative of the stories of his friend Leigh Brackett. He also completely derided the notion of a "morgue ship", saying that it would make far more sense to leave the bodies in space.
In this episode, I bring you the background behind the story, and a complete reading of it. As usual, you can listen below, or pick it up on your podcast app (check the list of podcast providers at the bottom of this post).
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