〈영어로 읽는 공상과학 고전 _ 레이몬드 존스의 에일리언〉
"The Alien"은 레이몬드 F. 존스(Raymond F. Jones)가 쓴 SF 단편 소설이다. 이 책은 1951년에 Astounding Science Fiction 잡지에 처음 출판되었다. 이 이야기는 편견, 외국인 혐오증, 미지에 대한 두려움 등의 주제를 탐구하고 있다.
레이먼드 피셔 존스(Raymond Fisher Jones)는 미국의 SF 작가다. 그는 1952년 소설 This Island Earth 로 가장 잘 알려져 있으며, 이 소설은 1955년 영화로 각색 되기도 했다.
〈A science fiction classic read in English_ The Alien by Raymond F. Jones 〉
"The Alien" is a science fiction short story written by Raymond F. Jones. The book was first published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1951. The story explores themes of prejudice, xenophobia, and fear of the unknown.
Raymond Fisher Jones is an American science fiction writer. He is best known for his 1952 novel This Island Earth, which was adapted into a 1955 film.
Summary
Just speculate for a moment on the enormous challenge to archeology when interplanetary flight is possible ... and relics are found of a race extinct for half a million years! A race, incidentally, that was scientifically so far in advance of ours that they held the secret of the restoration of life!
Out beyond the orbit of Mars the Lavoisier wallowed cautiously through the asteroid fields. Aboard the laboratory ship few of the members of the permanent Smithson Asteroidal Expedition were aware that they were in motion. Living in the field one or two years at a time, there was little that they were conscious of except the half-million-year-old culture whose scattered fragments surrounded them on every side.
The only contact with Earth at the moment was the radio link by which Dr. Delmar Underwood was calling Dr. Illia Morov at Terrestrial Medical Central.
