〈영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 상속자 출현〉
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1953년에 “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy"에 발표한 단편 공상과학 소설이다.
Alan Edward Nourse는 미국의 SF 작가이자 의사였다. 그는 청소년 및 성인 SF 소설은 물론 의학과 과학에 관한 논픽션 작품도 썼다. 그의 SF 작품은 때때로 의학 또는 사이오닉에 초점을 맞췄다. 그의 가장 유명한 필명은 Doctor X였다.
〈Science novel to read in English_ Heir Apparent by Alan Edward Nourse 〉
This book is a short science fiction novel published by Alan E. Nourse in “Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy” in 1953.
Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician. He has written young adult and adult science fiction as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His science fiction work sometimes focused on medicine or psionics. His most famous pen name was Doctor X.
Summary
What drives a man to the stars on a life of high adventure and grave peril? Even more important?can a girl's love keep him home?
We watched in silence as grim-faced, uniformed guards carried the small bronze casket down from the space ship. There were thousands of us standing there in the pouring rain, soaked to the skin. Yet somehow we didn't notice the rain or the discomfort. We had waited years for this moment, to honor a great man's triumphal return to Earth.... He had waited too long. The odds he faced had finally cancelled out luck, skill, and the guts a brave man needs to face space alone....
