〈영어로 읽는 고전SF 소설 _ 레스터 델 레이의 쇠퇴하는 세월〉
레스터 델 레이의 "The Dwindling Years"는 1956년에 발표된 과학 소설이다. 이 소설은 지구가 점차적으로 삶을 지속하기에는 더 이상 적합하지 않은 상태로 변화하고 있는 상황을 이야기하고 있다. 이 소설은 인간의 문명이 쇠퇴하는 과정과 그에 대한 대응을 탐구하며, 환경 파괴와 인구 과잉이라는 주제를 다루고 있다. "The Dwindling Years"는 그 당시에 있었던 환경 문제와 사회적 문제에 대한 저자의 우려를 반영하고 있다. 이 소설은 델 레이의 작품 중에서도 주목할 만한 작품 중 하나로 평가받고 있다.
〈A classic science fiction novel read in English_ The Dwindling Years by Lester Del Rey 〉
"The Dwindling Years" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novel published in 1956. This novel tells the story of a situation in which the Earth is gradually becoming no longer suitable for life. The novel explores the process of human civilization's decline and responses to it, and deals with themes of environmental destruction and overpopulation. "The Dwindling Years" reflects the author's concerns about environmental and social issues at the time. This novel is evaluated as one of Del Rey's notable works.
Summary
He didn’t expect to be last?but neither did he anticipate the horror of being the first!
NEARLY TWO hundred years of habit carried the chairman of Exodus Corporation through the morning ritual of crossing the executive floor. Giles made the expected comments, smiled the proper smiles and greeted his staff by the right names, but it was purely automatic. Somehow, thinking had grown difficult in the mornings recently.
Inside his private office, he dropped all pretense and slumped into the padding of his chair, gasping for breath and feeling his heart hammering in his chest.
