〈영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 법률 조항〉
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1954년에 “Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories"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 fiction novels read in English_ Letter of the Law by Alan Edward Nourse 〉
This book is a short science fiction novel published by Alan E. Nourse in “Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories” in 1954.
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
The place was dark and damp, and smelled like moldy leaves. Meyerhoff followed the huge, bear-like Altairian guard down the slippery flagstones of the corridor, sniffing the dead, musty air with distaste. He drew his carefully tailored Terran-styled jacket closer about his shoulders, shivering as his eyes avoided the black, yawning cell-holes they were passing. His foot slipped on the slimy flags from time to time, and finally he paused to wipe the caked mud from his trouser leg. "How much farther is it?" he shouted angrily.
