〈영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 말리의 사슬〉
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1952년에 “If Worlds of Science Fiction"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.
〈A science fiction novel read in English_ Marley’s Chain by Alan Edward Nourse 〉
This book is a short science fiction novel by Alan E. Nourse published in “If Worlds of Science Fiction” in 1952.
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
Tam's problem was simple. He lived in a world that belonged to someone else.
They saw Tam's shabby clothing and the small, weather-beaten bag he carried, and they ordered him aside from the flow of passengers, and checked his packet of passports and visas with extreme care. Then they ordered him to wait. Tam waited, a chilly apprehension rising in his throat. For fifteen minutes he watched them, helplessly.
